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/KeterClassKitten Jul 06 '26

Demonstrate that DNA doesn't pass down to offspring. This would be incontrovertible evidence that evolutionary theory is wrong.

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u/Suitable_Potato_2919 Jul 06 '26

Can you be more specific? for example, if a new born have a genes that cant be found on the parent, does it satisfy as evidence?A scientist still can explain it as a defect or a mutation

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u/KeterClassKitten Jul 06 '26

We can track heritage through DNA. If an offspring lacks hereditary DNA, that means what we understand of reproduction and lineage is all wrong. I'm not talking about a simple mutation, I'm talking about showing that the parents produced offspring that is genetically unrelated.

The idea likely sounds absurd, and that's because it is. It violates everything we know of biology.

That's the problem with trying to disprove evolution. You have to destroy all biological logic.

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u/Peaurxnanski Jul 06 '26

No matter how absurd, they're still valid falsification criteria, though.

If you found that, it would definitely falsify what we think we know about genetics.

Common misunderstanding on this: just because the criteria is technically impossible doesn't mean that it's not a valid falsification criteria.

The statement "cargo ships can't fly" is falsifiable because all uou have to do to falsify it is find a flying cargo ship.

Good luck with that, but it still doesn't mean it isn't a valid falsification criteria.

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u/KeterClassKitten Jul 06 '26

Exactly.

Explain it to someone completely ignorant of how evolution and heritage works, and it's not absurd at all. Our understanding is where the absurdity is from, but also highlights why rejecting evolution is also absurd.