And then there's folks that say this: I didn't have the heart to tell 'Im. A theory basically means scientific fact - GG
. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:28 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:342511 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
