But that's like saying an iPhone is a fact but the description isn't. Maybe the miss here is that a theory describes interaction and makes predictions about other facts.
On Sep 20, 2011, at 1:58 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:342854 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
