tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post2660305839988681390..comments2024-03-28T06:33:02.061-04:00Comments on Encyclopedia of American Loons: #1713: Mark HartwigG.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-53630397924203754192018-05-31T04:19:50.144-04:002018-05-31T04:19:50.144-04:00Yes, do that. Google gives a fair definition:
&q...Yes, do that. Google gives a fair definition: <br /><br />"A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not 'guesses' but reliable accounts of the real world."<br /><br />Wikipedia, too, has a good one:<br />"A scientific theory is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can be repeatedly tested, in accordance with the scientific method, using a predefined protocol of observation and experiment. Established scientific theories have withstood rigorous scrutiny and embody scientific knowledge"<br /><br />They even helpfully explain that "[t]he definition of a scientific theory (often contracted to 'theory' for the sake of brevity) as used in the disciplines of science is significantly different from the common vernacular usage of the word 'theory'. In everyday speech, 'theory' can imply that something is an unsubstantiated and speculative guess, the opposite of its meaning in science."<br /><br />By the way, saying that "evolution is a theory" is a category mistake (you may look that up). Evolution is a fact. *The theory of evolution*, on the other hand, is a theory. Evolution, the fact, is what the theory of evolution is a theory of.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-3841956414687872622018-05-30T06:14:46.396-04:002018-05-30T06:14:46.396-04:00Look up the definition of the word THEORY. Evoluti...Look up the definition of the word THEORY. Evolution is not a FACT only a THEORY.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13257823717374061052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-2147670152197000132016-09-01T12:03:21.387-04:002016-09-01T12:03:21.387-04:00I always find it amusing when clowns like this bir...I always find it amusing when clowns like this bird make the claim that evolution is somehow related to Nazism and/or Communism. Just for the record, Hitler rejected common descent in Mein Kampf and Stalin rejected Mendelism in favor of inheritance of acquired traits (sometimes inaccurately called Lamarckism).colnago80https://www.blogger.com/profile/02640567775340860582noreply@blogger.com