Technically, evolution is a fact. You can design and execute a test that explicitly shows variation of traits from one generation to the next in response to a selective force. You can map the frequency of alleles and show the predicted adaptive traits as a changed frequency in the studied population. This has all been done repeatedly.
Now, the whole "debate" part is not about evolution, it is (usually) about speciation. Can a new species arise from an existing set of species and is the process of descent with modification due to natural selection sufficient to explain the entirety of the biodiversity on the planet today (specifically, to most people, did Humans arise as a species as a result of this process). The evidence for all of it is really quite overwhelming and it is pretty ridiculous to doubt any of it at a macro level but if someone says "evolution is not a fact" you can tell them that, no, it is indeed an actual, measurable fact. Cheers, Judah On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 10:05 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Actually, I'm saying many theories can be assumed to be facts, like >> evolution, while many are not. Then there's plenty in the middle that >> need more testing. >> > > Sure, we treat them as facts, because for all intents and purposes..they > are. > > But once you say "evolution is a fact", then you go from the scientific to > the layperson...something we chastise people for doing when they say that > evolution is "just a theory". > > So while I certainly consider evolution to be the actual representation of > what is going on, to the best of our observable limits, I won't quibble with > someone who wants to stay away from calling it a "fact"....as long as they > understand what it really is, and don't discount it simply because it can't > be classified as a scientific "law" yet. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:342829 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
