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To: The Lumster
If it cannot be reproduced it is just a theory isn't it? Or have the rules of scientific investigation been dumbed down in order to accomodate the belief system of evolution.?

No, and no.

This is what a theory is. Reproducing something in the laboratory has nothing to do with it.

Theory: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"


976 posted on 12/20/2005 1:55:26 PM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Coyoteman
tested hypotheses

So how does one go about testing evolution?

Without valid testing it remains a theory and all theories require some element of belief. I fully admit that I.D. is a theory, no more testable than evolution.

And as I've said I'm not really defending I.D. I'm asking by what right does a federal court require the teaching of one theory over another?
1,013 posted on 12/20/2005 2:07:23 PM PST by The Lumster
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