Definition:
The Law of Identity says that if something is “A” then it has all of the properties of “A”. The mathematical equation to express this is: A = A. “A” cannot equal “B” because they have different identities.
Discussion:
Everything that exists has a specific nature. Every object has characteristics that are a part of wh
at it is. Here are two examples:
- Poison Ivy has three green leaves and a certain shape. Its leaves are green, solid, dry, and smooth Its properties are not blue, rock, wet or rough.
- High school biology teaches us the Law of Identity by way of the classification system.
Identity is about one’s existence and its specific characteristics, such as a chair having different characteristics than a table.
We humans use our senses to identify characteristics about everything that exists so that we can discuss these things in detail. In addition, we create instruments (microscopes, telescopes, special sensors, etc.) to help us identify more objects that exist and their characteristics.
With the above, consider the follow three points.
- Anything without identifying characteristics cannot exist because it would be nothing with no identifying characteristics to have identity. In other words, to exist is to exist as something with a particular identity.
- Having an identity means having a single identity. An object cannot have two identities. A chair cannot be a table. A cat cannot be a dog. Each entity exists as something specific.
- An entity has more than one characteristic as parts of its identity. The chair I am sitting in has both blue and grey coloring but not in the same respect. The blue portion cannot be grey at the same time or in the same way. These two traits, blue and grey, are characteristics of the chair; but each has single, particular identities itself.
The Law of Identity is important in science because it makes certain that different things in nature have a defined nature. Because reality has an identity and it is knowable.
Even scientific laws, theories, or principles have identity, characteristics and properties. One of those properties is the property of compatibility. They must be compatible with each other. There can be no conflict or contradictions.
Question:
Is Evolution A Theory? Do the properties of Evolution agree with those properties we find in the Laws of Nature?
Given:
We do not have all of nature figured out. Grant it, nature is a puzzle that we are piecing together by way of science. We use our logic and rational thinking to figure things out. To test something against something we know. If a proposed law does not fit, or is not compatible with all of the other laws, something is wrong. We have a contradiction. We cannot live with contradictions.
Conflict:
I hope you can see that the theory of evolution is incompatible with the Law of Identity and reality.
The big bang is in contradiction with the Law of Identity as “nothing” has no identity that can explode into energy, matter, and space-time.
Life coming out of a primordial soup is in contradiction with the Law of Identity as “rock water” (inorganic matter) has no identity that can transform itself into organic matter.
Conclusion:
Is Evolution A Theory? By definition it cannot be a Theory. The Theory of Evolution is a failed theory because it contradicts many Laws of Nature; one being the Law of Identity.
Harry’s Engineering Logic Check:
Characteristics can change with a little work; such as changing a two lane road to a four-lane road. Identities can change with a lot of work; such as changing a natural beach to Coney Island entertainment center. But without an outside change agent an identity is its identity. In other words: A = A.