Since the dolphin has evolved flippers would you therefore say that ânatural selection operates on flippers?â
Yes—provided we were talking about a process that included dolphin evolution. The process of natural selection in general does not necessarily involve prediction—but from the beginning I have been discussing natural selection in evolution—which does involve prediction.
Regarding Popper, I won’t say much—since I would be preaching to the choir on this blog. I recommend you start by going and reading the bit beginning: “Previously, the most popular philosophy of science was probably Karl Popper’s falsificationism—this is the old philosophy that the Bayesian revolution is currently dethroning.” on this page.
Yes—provided we were talking about a process that included dolphin evolution. The process of natural selection in general does not necessarily involve prediction—but from the beginning I have been discussing natural selection in evolution—which does involve prediction.
Regarding Popper, I won’t say much—since I would be preaching to the choir on this blog. I recommend you start by going and reading the bit beginning: “Previously, the most popular philosophy of science was probably Karl Popper’s falsificationism—this is the old philosophy that the Bayesian revolution is currently dethroning.” on this page.