> MoJo wrote: > Let's take evolution for instance. Certainly most people take it as a fact at > this point, but it's called a "theory" of evolution because it is only > presumed true by the preponderance of evidence.
You have to careful with the use of "theory" as you seem to be mixing the scientific use and the colloquial use. "theory" as in "theory of relativity" means a framework that is predictive and contains no exceptions. Exceptions then lay the groundwork for a new theory. "theory" in colloquial use means "an estimate" or "a guess". Obviously TOTALLY different uses. As an example, Newton's theory of gravitation (and it's associated equation) is wrong, but darned close, so it's still used for government work. (that's a joke there) Point is that the "theory of evolution" is pretty solid predictive framework that hasn't been proven wrong in a century of science. In other words, it's either true or so close to true (like newton's gravity) that it's effectively true. And the truth is this: Men and apes share a common hominid ancestor and genetically our species can be tied back to that group (verified by but both genetics and fossils). Our modern form took shape about 100,000 to 200,00 years ago. Further modern humans migrated out of Africa, probably around 70,000 years ago and populated the Earth and created McDonalds. You'll see them all around you so you know that's true. Anyway, the fact is that we Men and apes share a common hominid ancestor and that ancestor in turn shares a common mammal ancestor who was probably a fish with feet before that. And our earliest ancestors were very probably protein chains. In fact this knowledge has enabled us to be very close to having (and probably have had) the first human created new lifeform. I guarantee you it exists in some lab. I'm not talking about a creature necessarily but probably a virus or something. And we are its "god". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306469 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
