Don't worry I'm not offended. I am in no way qualified to create a curriculum and I know this. Furthermore, I have no desire to do so. Although calling me ignorant is somewhat harsh, I guess there isn't another word you could have used.
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:12 PM To: cf-community Subject: RE: Discovery Magazine article on the candidates science policies I'm sorry, but this shows an ignorance of science. Evolution will never be "a law". Laws are for finite, distinctive facts - one "simple" thing. Theories (scientifically speaking) cover broad, general truths - they have lots of "moving parts" and many aspects of most theories are under refinement and controversial: the theory is "fact" but specific aspects of it may not be. Both a scientific theory and a scientific law are "facts", both are "true". The Theory of Evolution, Chaos Theory, the Theory of Plate Tectonics, Atomic Theory, the Germ Theory of Disease, the Theory of Universal Gravitation, the Theory of Relativity, Graph Theory, Biologic Cell Theory, The Kinetic Theory of Gases, Information Theory, Quantum Field Theory, etc - all "Theories". I'm not attacking you: you share ignorance of this with many, many people. But ignorance should never be a foundation for educational curricula. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:275908 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
