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Hypothesis hypothesis or his experiment is flawed.
If the observation is correct, he rejects
A hypothesis is a temporary solution
the hypothesis, or else refashions it.
or explanation proposed for a problem
The most important thing in science
raised by various facts or phenomena. In
is for every new observation to conform
order for a good hypothesis to be confir-
to the hypothesis.
med, it needs to be open to experiment
When it comes to the theory of evo-
and observation, besides conforming to
lution, however, it appears not to be sup-
the available facts. At the same time, it
ported by any hypothesis in any branch
must be open to new facts and estimates,
of science. Nonetheless, this is wholly
and partial changes must be made if re-
ignored for the sake of keeping the the-
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ory viable. (See, Evolution theory, the.)
Scientists first generalize from the
observations they carry out or describe a Ichthyostega
possible cause-and-effect relationship
Evolutionists claim that water-dwel-
between a chain of events in order to gi-
ling organisms gradually turned into
ve a temporary explanation for those ob-
land-dwelling ones. In order to verify
servations. The first step towards rese-
these claims, they depict all terrestrial li-
arch is taken by means of a hypothesis.
ving things and those living in water
Assumptions made in forming that
hypothesis must be capable of being tes- with similar characteristics as transitio-
ted through controlled experiments. If a nal forms. Ichthyostega is a marine cre-
hypothesis cannot be based on experi- ature that lived in the Devonian Period
mental testing that may confirm it, it re- and which, in the evolutionists’ view,
mains mere speculation. 218 represents a transitional form. These cre-
A theory is constructed with a hypot- atures were specially created to live in
hesis, supported by a great many obser- water, and the only reason why evolutio-
vations and experiments (See Theory.) nists regard them as transitional forms
and includes hypothesis and observation between fish and amphibians is that they
in various different disciplines. For compare a structure on their fins to a fo-
example, the theory of evolution inclu- ot capable of walking on dry land.
des hypotheses and observations from However, there is no scientific vali-
paleontology, anatomy, physiology, bi- dity to this unfounded claim. Living
ochemistry, genetics and other sciences. mammals such as the bat are capable of
When a scientist makes an observation flight, mammals such as the Platypus
that is not compatible with the hypothe- that lay eggs, and mammals such as
sis, he must conclude that either the whales and dolphins live in the sea.

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)