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BenjaminTC
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The purpose of this post is to inform the uninformed/misinformed. I'm not calling you stupid; I'm just correcting you.
There are two deffinitions of the word "theory." The typical, layman's deffinition of theory is a proposed explination of which the status is still unvarifiable. In science, this would be called a hypothesis.
The true deffinition of theory is a coherant general explination for natural phenomena. You will see in science that any explination for things like gravity, relativity, atoms, plate tectonics all are theories. This does not dimminish their accuracy.
Also, my hypothesis is that many people believe that a law of science is a step up from a theory of science. This is not true. A law of science is something completely different.
A law discribes natural phenomena; a theory explains it.
EX: The theory of gravitation: the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Newton's laws of motion: (I hope you know these)
So now I hope you understand the silliness of calling evolution "only" a theory. In fact, as someone once said, calling evolution "just" a theory is like calling someone "just" a gold medal winner.
There are two deffinitions of the word "theory." The typical, layman's deffinition of theory is a proposed explination of which the status is still unvarifiable. In science, this would be called a hypothesis.
The true deffinition of theory is a coherant general explination for natural phenomena. You will see in science that any explination for things like gravity, relativity, atoms, plate tectonics all are theories. This does not dimminish their accuracy.
Also, my hypothesis is that many people believe that a law of science is a step up from a theory of science. This is not true. A law of science is something completely different.
A law discribes natural phenomena; a theory explains it.
EX: The theory of gravitation: the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Newton's laws of motion: (I hope you know these)
So now I hope you understand the silliness of calling evolution "only" a theory. In fact, as someone once said, calling evolution "just" a theory is like calling someone "just" a gold medal winner.