Seymour Flops
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Yes, I'm new here and have not read your elaborated own words HUNDREDS of time (that is hyperbole, right?).I've put it in my own words (and elaborated) HUNDREDS of times, as I understand science and this topic.
I wanted some authority behind it for your Introduction instead of a yes/no/yes/no opinion exchange
Yours is WRONG.
You are very new here to this section. I am not.
And instead of answering it, you BSed about me copying it,
Fraudulent deflection/whiff.
Troll.
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I'll take your word for it and I will answer your cut-and-paste. It will be interesting to see if you respond just as I described other responding.
The answer is that yes, many well-accepted, often verified, scientific, ideas are technically theories, and not facts. I was a math teacher, and I know that the Pythagorean Theorem is a "theory," but it has been proven every time, and never shown to be false, so it is well-accepted.
But . . . even the most well-accepted scientific theory is subject to refutation. "Don't question the science" is the most unscientific statement possible. Questioning science is how science works.
For hundreds of years, people questions Newton's theory of gravity, and did not find it lacking. Until they did and Newton's theory was superseded by Einstein's theory. Someday, maybe in a thousand years or maybe next week, Einstein's theory may be superseded by another.
That's science, get used to it.
Now, since you are so offended that I did not answer your post, I'm sure you will want to answer mine, instead of just cutting and pasting something. Here it is:
Good luck!Let me explain the fallacy of this OP.
This is supposed to ridicule the idea of Darwinian evolution being "only a theory," and therefore should not be taught as settled science in school, but presented as what it is - a theory.
Both the theory of gravity and the theory of Darwinian evolution are intended to explain observable facts.
Newtonian gravity theory is an explanation for the observable fact that objects near Earth move toward Earth, if not prevented by some force. That objects with mass tend to remain on Earth or fall to the Earth, is not in dispute. But that is not the "Theory of Gravity."
Darwinian evolution theory is an explanation for the observable facts that there are a variety of species on Earth and that there are large numbers of fossilized species which living examples of are not found on Earth. The existence of species is not in dispute. But the existence of species is not Darwin's theory of speciation through natural selection.
Darwin's theory was a hypothesis that made enough validated predictions that it qualified to be called a theory. There are no such observations of Darwin's theory of speciation through natural selection. So Darwin's "theory," is really a hypothesis based on observation and speculation.
Newton's Theory of Universal Gravity has been superseded by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, since Newton's theory failed in just a few predictions that Einstein's did not.
Still, Newtonian gravity has far more scientific support* than Darwins Speciation via Natural Selection. So, comparing the two is the definition of "grasping at straws.
*By "scientific support," I mean experiments which result in evidence for the theory. I don't mean anything like "four out of five scientists say . .
PS: Could you both start and end your reply to me with name calling and other ad hominem attacks, instead of waiting until the end? I like to be reminded of the level you operate on.