Yeah, you are correct. I will now quibble even with people who don't want to call it a "fact"...and i'll point out that it is an actual, measurable fact.
Cool, more reason to argue with people :) On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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:342830 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
