(May 22, 2018 at 2:16 pm)Khemikal Wrote: If someone says that x doesn;t exist..they;re not saying you're going to have trouble finding x, they're saying you will never find x. Trouble is, we found x.
Similarly, when someone claims that something is impossible, they;re not claiming that it is difficult or unlikely.
Again, ID did try to leave itself enough weasel language to move around..but it got cornered on every front almost simultaneously. All of it's claims contradicted by data, every prediction falsified.
Let me give you an example of the same claim in a credible theory (as opposed to a discredited hypothesis). Modern Synth claims that you will -never- find a pre-cambrian dog. Is that falsifiable, can that be tested? Sure can. Creationists really ought to be looking for those paw prints.
So practically, a theory that says something doesn’t exist and will never be found is indistinguishable from a theory that says something exists but will likely take longer than you have to find.