Yes, the theory of Evolution, only, like the theory of Gravity; but there is the fact of Evolution too like there is the fact of Gravity: life appeared on earth billions of years ago and over that time life forms have changed and diversified, species are related by common descent from one or a few common ancestors.
Creationism, on the other hand, including Essentialism and other prostrations to the Qualia God, are neither theory nor fact but instead mere opinion. -KO 2009/3/1 david buchanan <[email protected]> > > Krimel said to Willblake2: > This seems a fairly shallow view of evolution especially for someone with a > Ph.D in biology. Evolution is, at least in my view, one of the most > beautiful ideas ever conceived in the mind of man. It is a thread that runs > through all of the disciplines of science. It has had profound impact on > history, philosophy and art. Of course it is not all about struggle and > those who have used it to justify manifest destiny and social Darwinism have > long ago been discredited. > > > dmb says: > Yea, I'm with Krimel on this one. It's a bit strange to hear a man with a > Ph.D. in biology talk about one of the most firmly established scientific > theories, one that is the central organizing principle in all the biological > sciences, as if it were just a good guess. In the vernacular language, a > theory is just something like a hunch. But in science a theory is as good as > it ever gets. A theory is the hypothesis that has proven itself. It > successfully organizes all the known data into a coherent picture and > becomes the basis of all further investigations. A theory is our best > provisional truth. I mean, yes, its open to change in the sense that new > data could come in that weakens it or even destroys it entirely for the sake > of a better theory but as far as scientific truth goes, a working theory is > the best we can do. At this point, a century and a half after its > introduction, the theory of evolution is stronger and more certain than > ever. There have been changes, additions and refinements since but the > original theory stands. > That's one of the reason it just kills me when the creationists say it's > "just a theory". That kind of comment only shows that they don't really > understand what a theory is or how important they are. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. > http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009 > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
