There are two things goin on here, the THEORY of evolution and the FACT of evolution. The theory tries to explain the mechanism involved. That's the scientific theory. The fact is that evolution happens, it is the change of allels over time. That is reality.
>Very true. but evolution is one of the most studied, and verified, theories >in science. As theories go, it's pretty rock solid. > >But Sam is right, anyone who calls evolution a "fact" should probably be >corrected....after all, if we are going to hold people accountable for >discounting evolution as a "theory" because they don't understand the true >scientific meaning of the word, then WE must be sure to hold our words to >their scientific meanings as well. Evolution is not a scientific fact, it is >a scientific theory. > >Sam knows full well the weight that scientific theory holds, and he's never >doubted or debated against it....he just questions the validity of calling >it a "fact", and semantically and scientifically speaking, he's right. > >So if we can just clear up these silly semantics, i don't think there is any >disagreement here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:342840 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
