On: Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food

[jibal]

They didn't say "falsifiable", they said "falsified" -- their word usage was correct: something the is Xifiable can be Xified. "falsified" does indeed mean "proven wrong" -- check your dictionary. (However, they are not correct that the theory of common descent has been falsified. And I have no idea what "Jesus is King" even means, nor is it relevant.)

[jibal → jibal]

P.S. "The idea that there is a tree of sexual reproduction that can attribute for the current variation in genetic material has been disproven."

No, it hasn't, and existence of horizontal gene transfer is not relevant to that erroneous claim.

[jakear → jibal]

If you want to actually argue you should make an actual argument. The existence of plasmids proves my point, you've supplied no evidence for yours.

[jakear → jibal]

The idea that there is a tree of sexual reproduction that can attribute for the current variation in genetic material has been disproven. That's where "horizontal gene transfer" theories come in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer

[koliber → jibal]

You're right. I've never come across such usage of "falsified".

[jibal → koliber]

It's quite common is discussions of falsifiability, e.g., https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-idea-that-a-s... , https://explorable.com/falsifiability , https://blogs.iu.edu/sciu/2021/07/31/what-does-it-mean-for-s... , https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/falsif... , http://variable-variability.blogspot.com/2014/03/falsifiable... , etc.