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In sum ma ry, a sci en tif ic fact is an side the scope of em pir i cal sci ence. 242
ob serv a ble nat u ral law, and a sci en - On the oth er hand, by sug gest ing
tif ic the o ry is a math e mat i cal de - that ev o lu tion takes place in two
scrip tion of how a sci en tif ic law ways—ob serv a ble mi cro-ev o lu tion
works. and un ob serv a ble ma cro-ev o lu -
The first and most im por tant re - tion—ev o lu tion ists at tempt to por -
quire ment of em pir i cal (ex per i men - tray this im ag i nary ev o lu tion a ry
tal) sci ence is that the ob ject or phe - proc ess as a sci en tif ic fact. (See The
nom e non we wish to in ves ti gate Invalidity of Micro-Evolution and
should be ob serv a ble. The sec ond The Macro-Evolution Myth.)
con di tion is that the ob ject or phe - According to ev o lu tion ists, ma cro-
nom e non should be re peat a ble. Any ev o lu tion is the proc ess of in fi nite
ob serv a ble and re peat a ble event var i a tion nec es sa ry for rep tiles to
must be ca pa ble of be ing test ed. This turn in to birds, or apes in to hu man
en a bles us to de ter mine wheth er or be ings. Yet no body has ev er ob -
not an ex per i ment val i dates a the o - served this hap pen ing. 243
ry. If the ex pla na tion that some one Micro-ev o lu tion, on the oth er
pos tu lates re gard ing a phe nom e non hand, again ac cord ing to ev o lu tion -
is one that can not be test ed or val i - ists, is a lim it ed proc ess of var i a tion
dat ed, then this is not a the o ry, but a of a spe cif ic spe cies that we can ob -
be lief. 241 serve and that pro du ces di ver gence.
Evolutionists say that the main However, the chan ges pos tu lat ed as
ev o lu tion a ry chan ges take place mi cro-ev o lu tion can not pro duce a
very slow ly, or so rare ly that peo ple new spe cies or a new char ac ter is tic.
can not ob serve them dur ing their Therefore, they are not, as is
life times. According to the ev o lu - claimed, mech a nisms with any ev o -
tion ist Theodosius Dobzhansky, lu tion a ry pow er. In ad di tion, mi cro-
even when ev o lu tion a ry chan ges oc - ev o lu tion is raised in or der to im ply
cur, they are events that by na ture that it is a dorm of var i a tion that
are rare, un re peat ed and ir re vers i - gives rise to ma cro-ev o lu tion. (See
ble. Paul Ehrlich, a well-know ev o lu - Variation.) This is mere con jec ture
tion ist, main tains that the the o ry of re gard ing a phe nom e non that can -
ev o lu tion can not be re fut ed by any not be ob served and which lacks any
ob ser va tion, for which rea son it ev i dence.
needs to be re gard ed as be ing out - Evolution can not be ob served

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