What is the Scientific Method?

What is the Scientific Method? The Scientific Method is the theory by which scientists discover new ideas. It teaches that when an idea, or hypothesis, is tested, and found to be correct, it moves on to become a Theory. A Theory then goes before the scientific community, and if nobody finds any evidence against it, then it becomes a Law. At any point during this stage, a single experiment contrary to the hypothesis, Theory, or Law can prove it wrong. When this happens, a new hypothesis must be formed, and go through the process again. This seems like a good idea, and it is when properly followed. However, one theory that has remained despite constantly being proved to the contrary, is the theory of evolution. Below is detailed some of the evidence on why evolution cannot scientifically be true.

Before we start examining why evolution is wrong, it would be helpful for everyone in here to have a good idea of what evolution is. When a cell or organism reproduces, the original cell or organism's DNA is passed on to the new cell or organism. About once every three hundred times this happens there is a genetic mutation. There are three categories of mutations: beneficial, harmful, and neutral. This is fairly self explanatory. Beneficial mutations improve the organism's ability to survive in its current environment, harmful mutations hurt the organisms ability to survive in its current environment, and neutral mutations don't make a difference. In theory, mostly organisms with beneficial mutations pass on their DNA, with its new mutations, because most organisms with harmful mutations do not survive. Gradually, as new mutations occur in new environments, the DNA of a cell or organism changes so much that it is no longer the same...

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