Pseudoscience
Pseudoscience is defined by Webster's dictionary as "a system of theories, assumptions, and methods erroneously regarded as scientific."[1] Evolutionists in academia falsely accuse Creationism, Intelligent Design, and Irreducible Complexity of being pseudoscience.[2]
In reality, Creationist biases when forming hypotheses are no different from naturalistic hypotheses by Evolutionists in that they stem from worldview assumptions based upon individual experience and reason. Creationist hypotheses can be as predictive, falsifiable, and testable as Evolutionist hypotheses. Examples include Andrew Snelling's accurate prediction that polonium radiohaloes can form rapidly, D. Russell Humphrey's predictions about rapid magnetic field reversals,[3] the research by D.A. DeWitt and W.L. Skinner in 2000 establishing that modern humans and Neanderthals share a recent common gene pool which preempted the scientific consensus,[4] and Carl Baugh's claims of animal gigantism caused by his hyperbaric biosphere[5] which preempted the later scientific discovery that oxygen levels 50% higher than today's levels led to the insect gigantism of Earth's ancient past.[6]
Why Irreducible Complexity Can't Be Pseudoscience
- Main: Irreducible Complexity
Evolutionists have claimed that Irreducible Complexity is pseudoscience but since Darwin cited Irreducible Complexity as one of the tests of falsifiability for the Hypothesis of Evolution, Irreducible Complexity can't be pseudoscience unless the Hypothesis of Evolution is pseudoscience.
| “ | "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find no such case."
-Darwin, "On the Origin of Species," p. 189.[7] |
” |
Creationist Michael Behe has quantified Irreducible Complexity as being similar to a mousetrap, where all the parts must be present for there to be function, so that successive gradual evolutionary steps cannot produce the resulting product.
| “ | "For Michael Behe, a biochemist at Lehigh University in Bethlehe, Pennsylvania, the complexity is too extreme for Darwinism to be plausible. He argues that many systems in living organisms are irreducibly complex. They consist of several parts, all of which must be present for the system to work. 'It's like a mousetrap,' says Behe. 'A standard household mousetrap has five parts, all of which must be present for the trap to work. If you take away any of those five parts, you don't have a functioning mousetrap. You can add the parts one by one, but until you get to the full five parts, you have no function. It's an all or nothing kind of thing.'"
-James P. Gills and Tom Woodward, "Darwinism Under the Microscope: How Recent Scientific Evidence Points to Divine Design," p. 30.[8] |
” |
References
- ↑ N.A. (2025). "Dictionary Definition: Pseudoscience." Merriam-Webster.
- ↑ Greener, M. (2007, December). "Taking on Creationism: Which Arguments and Evidence Counter Pseudoscience?" EMBO Reports 8(12):1107–1109. doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401131. PMCID: PMC2267227. PMID: 18059309.
Albert, L.H. (1986, Summer). "'Scientific' Creationism as a Pseudoscience." Creation/Evolution Journal 6(2). - ↑ Matthews, M. & UpChurch, J. (2016, January 1). “Creationists’ Power to Predict.” Answers in Genesis.
- ↑ DeWitt, D.A. (2014, February 8). “Does the Creation Model Make Predictions? Absolutely!” Answers in Genesis.
- ↑ Henry, K. (1996, December 12). "Footprints of Fantasy." Dallas Observer.
Duncan, J.A. (2009, March). "Faith Displayed as Science - The role of the.pdf Faith Displayed as Science: The Role of the 'Creation Museum' in the Modern American Creationist Movement." Harvard University. - ↑ Than, K. (2011, August 9). “Why Giant Bugs Once Roamed the Earth.” National Geographic.
- ↑ Darwin, C.R. (1859). "On the Origin of Species." p. 189. London: John Murray. Darwin Online.
- ↑ Gills, J.P. & Woodward, T. (2002). "Darwinism Under the Microscope: How Recent Scientific Evidence Points to Divine Design." p. 30. Charisma House.
