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Re: The Origins Debate
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Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:49:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ian Warfield writes:
> > I don't understand this argument. Everything science proposes is theory
> > (hypothesis, actually). It never goes beyond that. Everything science
> > determines is a tentative explanation, pending better.
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> That's exactly what I meant. It wasn't an argument; I was just restating
> the fact that evolution is, indeed, a theory.
To be more precise, evolution is a fact, just as gravity is a fact. The
Darwinian model of natural selection is an evolutionary theory--that is, a
theory that hopes to explain the process by which the fact of evolution occurs.
> > It is not valid to claim that "evolution is _still_ a theory" as if it were
> > somehow going to _ever_ change that state. It won't. It can't. Rational
> > people prepare to adapt to new data and refine their hypotheses.
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> I wasn't claiming that it necessarily would. I was merely guarding against
> the possibility of anyone claiming it as absolute proof.
But no one in science claims anything in science to be absolutely
proven--that's why it's science and not rote dogma.
Dave!
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes: <snip> (...) Let me restate my position this way: FACT: Many, many species exist and have existed on Earth. The first species which appeared were very simple, single-celled organisms, without nuclei. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) That's exactly what I meant. It wasn't an argument; I was just restating the fact that evolution is, indeed, a theory. (...) I wasn't claiming that it necessarily would. I was merely guarding against the possibility of anyone claiming it as (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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