They did. Here are some examples:Lawrence, sadly people have bought into the evolution theory. Evolution can not predict what we will evolve into..and therefore is not a proper scientific fact.
For instance, when Einstein proposed relativity he also proposed three different tests that could be run to see if he was right or not. These were subsequently done (for example, gravitational lenses, etc).
Scientists should have done the same thing with evolution?
- the theory of evolution predicted an old Earth (at least several hundred million years old) in an era when the age of the Earth was uncertain, and thought by many to be short... if not thousands of years, then maybe only a few million; since then, geologists and other scientists have independently confirmed that the Earth is several billion years old.
- the theory of evolution predicted that all life has some mechanism that allows inheritance of traits from both parents, but also causes some degree of random mutation. Since then, scientists discovered DNA and learned about how it combines and replicates.
- the theory of evolution predicted that all organisms evolved into a branching "tree of life", in which species change gradually as you move along the tree, and have traits in common. Every single species ever found, either living or extinct, fits this "tree of life" model.
Scientists also depend on their reputations. There is no better way to lose your reputation as a scientist than playing fast-and-loose with the facts.Scientists just like politicians want to get ahead in life. They dont care what they say...as long as it makes a splash.
Eugenics makes no sense at all to anyone who actually understands evolution: "natural selection will eliminate these people, so therefore I've got to eliminate them myself"? That's not any logical conclusion from evolutionary theory; that's stupidity. Charles Darwin is no more to blame for Hitler than Guglielmo Marconi is to blame for the guy who beat up Dan Rather.And Hitler certainly caught onto the evolution theory fast. And used it to destroy and kill many people.