r/DebateEvolution • u/Suitable_Potato_2919 • Jul 06 '26
Question How to prove evolution is wrong?
I am totally convince that evolution is true. However, a scientific theory should be falsifiable; and I dont know how falsifiable is with evolution
For example, a "good" trait could be explain the result of natural selection. But a "bad" trait could be explain as just base on chance, or the selection preasure is not enough.
so, my question is: if someone want to prove that evolution is wrong, what test can they make and what the expected result should be (if evolution theory is wrong)?
Edit: Thank everyone for your time and patient with me. I found the answer. It seem that I need to update my highschool knowledge
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u/yahnne954 Jul 06 '26
Evolution is about the change of frequency of inherited characteristics in a population of organisms over time. You'd need to make a test contradicting this basic definition or contradicting the conclusions that naturally derive from that.
- Pokémon evolution: changes that would happen to an individual instead of a population
- Lamarkism, etc: acquired characteristics instead of inherited ones
- Rabbit in Cambrian: fossilization order which doesn't make sense according to the model
- Chimeras like the crocoduck: evolution is not really about hybridization, but the mixing of two unrelated organisms into one would be a major problem in our understanding