Comments on: Karl Popper on Evolution as Science http://www.rasmusen.org/x/2005/12/26/karl-popper-on-evolution-as-science/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:25:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Matt McIntosh http://www.rasmusen.org/x/2005/12/26/karl-popper-on-evolution-as-science/#comment-4266 Matt McIntosh Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:49:02 +0000 http://www.rasmusen.org/x/2005/12/26/karl-popper-on-evolution-as-science/#comment-4266 No, Popper was wrong there because he didn't understand evolution, which does rest on several <a href="http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2005/11/is-natural-selection-tautology.php" rel="nofollow">falsifiable claims</a>. His friend Peter Medawar later set him straight. Which brings us to this later quote: <i>"I have changed my mind about the testability and logical status of the theory of natural selection; and I am glad to have an opportunity to make a recantation..."</i> (Dialectica 32:344-346). No, Popper was wrong there because he didn’t understand evolution, which does rest on several falsifiable claims. His friend Peter Medawar later set him straight. Which brings us to this later quote:

“I have changed my mind about the testability and logical status of the theory of natural selection; and I am glad to have an opportunity to make a recantation…” (Dialectica 32:344-346).

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