(December 26, 2019 at 11:35 pm)Paleophyte Wrote:Which it doesn't need to say something is the case(December 26, 2019 at 1:49 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: I can't know what tests you have in mind. But perhaps such a Google search can lead to a few errors on the subject. Methods such as parsimony, bootstrapping, and so on, are used to decide among competing phylogenies for a particular taxa. For example, by helping you find the scenario with the fewest number of events, thereby increasing its likelihood. These methods cannot, however, confirm that a given phylogeny is correct.
No one knows the true pattern of branching for cats (leopards, lions, tigers) for example. The best that can be done is to identify the most plausible scenario.
That's true for any scientific theory. That's precisely what makes it falsifiable. All you're doing is whittering on about how science doesn't have Absolute Truth.
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Nemo sicut deus debet esse!
“No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
