On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > The difference between a layman's theory and a scientific theory is > more research behind the theory. That doesn't make it true, just more > convincing. And of course scientific theories usually generate an > influx of experiments to prove it wrong or right >
You are correct, and that is a HUGE difference. People act as if someone just dreamed up evolution, called it a "theory", then a few bones later everyone thinks it true. The dismissive phrase "it's just a theory" is ridiculous when talking about a scientific theory...that's like saying a billion dollars is "just a few bucks". Theories indeed are just waiting to be proven wrong..that's the beauty of science...you keep exploring, researching, and tomorrow you know more than you did yesterday. Thus, the longer a theory can hang around, the stronger it becomes....and evolution is what, about 160 years old? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342497 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
