Re:Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food
by jibal on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:34AM
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They didn't say "falsifiable", they said "falsified" -- their word usage was correct: something the is Xifiable can be Xified. "falsified" does indeed mean "proven wrong" -- check your dictionary. (However, they are not correct that the theory of common descent has been falsified. And I have no idea what "Jesus is King" even means, nor is it relevant.)
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Re:Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food
by koliber on Thursday September 07, 2023 @08:40AM
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You're right. I've never come across such usage of "falsified".
Re:Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food
by jibal on Sunday September 10, 2023 @11:18PM
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It's quite common is discussions of falsifiability, e.g., https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-idea-that-a-s... , https://explorable.com/falsifiability , https://blogs.iu.edu/sciu/2021/07/31/what-does-it-mean-for-s... , https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/falsif... , http://variable-variability.blogspot.com/2014/03/falsifiable... , etc.
Re:Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food
by jakear on Thursday September 07, 2023 @11:08AM
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The idea that there is a tree of sexual reproduction that can attribute for the current variation in genetic material has been disproven. That's where "horizontal gene transfer" theories come in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer
Re:Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food
by jibal on Sunday September 10, 2023 @11:05PM
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P.S. "The idea that there is a tree of sexual reproduction that can attribute for the current variation in genetic material has been disproven."
No, it hasn't, and existence of horizontal gene transfer is not relevant to that erroneous claim.