+340 From the way that evolution-deniers talk, you'd think that a "theory" was something that scientists made up inbetween hits of ecstacy at 4:30 in the morning after a wild party, amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

except sometimes it is. http://www.cracked.com/article_16532_the-5-greatest-things-ever-accomplished-while-high.html

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yeah, people don't seem to truly understand what a theory is. Hell, gravity is a theory!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

And for anyone who says that gravity is a law and not a theory, you're wrong. It's called the Universal Theory of Gravitation. There are, however laws within that theory that are used to explain it.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Precisely!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Except for the fact that there is much more undeniable evidence for gravity than evolution. To me, there's way to much speculation in the theory of evolution instead of cold hard facts for it to be taught as fact in school. And a lot of that speculation doesn't even seem very plausible, but that part's just my personal opinion.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Except, unlike other theories like gravity and electromagnatism, the laws of evolution merely prove that genomes experience change (among other things) but not that enough of said changes would produce an entirely different genome. In fact, even under a controlled laboratory setting, scientists have yet to even come close to replicating what they say evolution has supposedly done over millions of years. On the other hand, even if we cannot fully understand how gravity influences the flow of the universe, we can still make enough mathematical (and other) replications, as seen by our ability to pinpoint a landing on the moon. [shrugs] That's my two cents.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

At the same time, things don't evolve very quickly, and so people haven't been studying evolution long enough to actually see it happen in a controlled setting.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It's a law and a theory. Newton has a Universal Law of Gravity, which is kind of just that things are attracted to each other. The theory is why it happens. The law is the observations on how it happens. The theory explains why the law happens. http://thehappyscientist.com/science-experiment/gravity-theory-or-law

by Anonymous 14 years ago

So's electromagnetism. But that one's bullshit. I mean, it's not like there are magnets staying on anyone's fridges or anything.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It is, you dumb shit.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I bet you're a republican or something

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Kind of like the way creation-deniers talk - as if we believe in creation only after being tied to an electric chair and being forced to read the Bible. Oh yes, I believe you have a word for this - brain washing!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

AM or PM, because that makes a HUGE difference!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

"4:30 in the morning"

by Anonymous 14 years ago

After Math or Pandora Music... duh! wary

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You have to be a scientist to come up with theories???

by Anonymous 14 years ago

The thing is people who wildly scream that it's just a theory clearly never went to science class. We learned on the 2nd day of 9th grade that a theory is a statement that applies correctly to a wide set of circumstances. It means that so far it isn't wrong.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Honestly, neither Creation or Evolution should be taught in school. Teaching Creation would offend those who aren't Christian, but evolution doesn't have enough hard evidence to be taught as fact. Take for instance the absence of transitional life forms. Darwin said that for his theory to be true, there would have to be evidence of millions of transitional life forms (a.k.a. "missing links"). Archaeologists have found none. The fossil record does not support the theory of evolution. All other theories taught in high schools and universities are so obviously correct that there is no need to prove them. The same cannot be said for the theory of evolution.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It should be taught as a theory, not as proven fact. But it's definitely something that should be taught. Especially in university because that's what university is for, going into more depth about a particular subject. Shouldn't that include theories?

by Anonymous 14 years ago