It shows that science is never hard facts and that they can change over time. The rediscovery of the coelacanth is a theory. The rediscovery of this fish has caused scientists do do some more experimentation and try and make another theory. Theories are simpler than laws and they can always be proven incorrect. For example: The way the earth rotates around the sun. Millions of years ago people thought that the sun rotated around the earth. Also people thought the earth was flat but it wasnt. These are all examples of theories being proven inccorect.
It shows that the nature of science can be falsified because once there was the coelacanth and now it is found again, so it show that the observation of the fish being extinct it incorrect. It shows that there is a lot more in the world that can be found. When it is found it can change or challenge our understanding of things.
I believe this fish is a legend being able to survive all of those years, and still be alive in this brutal world today. That is amazing. what amazes me is what Mr. Erdosy said, which is this fish was caught on a fishing line! There is one in a muillion chances that this guy/girl could of caught this fish. Just think people have been fishing for so many years and this one day this person caught the fish that is supposed to be a fossil. Where has the fish or fishes been for the last million years. All this means is that scientists did not have true evidence that the fish went extinct in the first place. I mean a fish does not just appear it had to have come from somewhere. What scientists will need do now is alter the theory and it will be true.
The rediscovery of the coelacanth proves that science is changing everyday. Something that was discovered a long time ago can be disproved and new discoveries are made every day. The discovery of this fish illustrates the nature of science because the nature of science is always changing. Any scientist can discover something that disproves a scientific law or theory and if the scientific community tests that many times, theories and laws can be changed.
I agree wit Cam And seb the science is chnging everyday, but this is show that this fih along with very many other species of anima has been abe to survive this long and been found during our time.
I think that science can never be just hard facts. There might be theories or hypotheses that prove this, but some of them are right and some of them are wrong. Just the fact that this fish, who was supposedly extinct for millions of years, was caught proves that science changes every day. Even though a person says something that everyone can agree on, in a few days, even, after that agreement, new facts might come up that prove that theory and that the group of people that had agreed on this theory being correct are wrong.
Just because a few people say something is right, doesn't mean that they are right. It might make sense, what they are saying, but new proof might just come up, rendering their so-called "fact" just another theory proved wrong.
With the rediscovery of the fish it shows that science a theory is never 100% true. New information is always available and can disprove what we now take as facts. Nothing is permanent and can always be proved to be wrong over time when new information and equipment is available so we can do further research.
Science theory can be proven false, there are not solid fact. Everything can be proven wrong at any time. What the scientist said about the fish being extinct, was a false facts they have been proven wrong. There is always a possibly that science can be wrong.
The time traveling fish is an example of the how animals will do what they need to, to survive. I agree with what Beth said which agrees with what I siad last week. Science always gets better enabling us to get more and more engrossed in the world around us.
The coelacanth is a perfect example of how a basic scientific belief can be shattered; everyone originally believed this fish was an extinct species, yet one was found alive. This should inspire scientists to challenge other scientific laws, no matter how solid it may seem. Science will always be revolutionized by the people who challenge things, there will never be a "one grand formula for everything". Somewhere in the cracks of our scientific knowledge, there will be questions, and those questions will lead to new discoveries.
The coelacanths, which are related to lungfishes and tetrapods, were believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period.
This fish has some unique traits among vertebrates:[7]
The kidneys are fused into a single organ, which is located on the floor of the abdomen instead of just under the backbone.
A trilobate (three-lobed) caudal fin, with upper and lower halves separated by a small secondary tail.
A tiny heart that is more-or-less a straight tube
A brain that occupies only 1.5% of the braincase; the rest of the cavity is filled with fat.
The pectoral, pelvic and anal fins set on muscular lobes.
Although now represented by only two known living species, as a group the coelacanths were once very successful with many genera and species that left an abundant fossil record from the Devonian to the end of the Cretaceous period, at which point they apparently suffered a nearly complete extinction. Before the living specimens were discovered, it was believed by some that the coelacanth was a "missing link" between the fish and the tetrapods. It is often claimed that the coelacanth has remained unchanged for millions of years, but, in fact, the living species and even genus are unknown from the fossil record. The most likely reason for the gap is the taxon having become extinct in shallow waters.
Rediscovering the coelacanth shows that science can never really be falsified. At any point in time it can be proven wrong with a piece of evidence. This is why science is such a mystery. When something is proven wrong a new scientific theory or law must be created and will stay that way until it is falsified again. In my opinion this is both the best thing about science and the worst.
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