Biology 1001A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Falsifiability, Glyptodont, Population Genetics
20 Sep 2016
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An assumption based on limited knowledge a conjecture (most people) A coherent set of testable hypothesis that attempt to explain facts about the natural world (scientist) Atomic theory of matter, germ theory of infectious disease, gravitational theory. An assertion for which there is so much evidence that it would be perverse to deny it sj gould. Test a theory by attempting to falsify it. Theories graduate to fact-hood after repeated testing fails to falsify them. There is a tea pot in orbit around earth that is so small, it can"t be seen - its unfalsifiable, so not scientific. Multiple island rose by volcanic action 5 million years ago. Plants and animals were carried to islands by winds and ocean currents. Evolution is gradual change (from latin evolere = to unfold or unroll) Biological evolution is gradual change of populations or organisms over time, measuring time in generations. Changes to an organism over its lifetime are not evolution.
