[metmom]

Evolution is both a fact and a theory.

BTW, neither facts OR theories are ever proven 100%.

So which is it? If a *fact* cannot ever be proven 100% then how do you know that it's a fact? And if nothing is ever *proven* 100%, then why all the insults and derision towards those who are skeptical and don't accept it 100%?

[WKB]

So which is it?



Which ever one they need at the time.
Just like the Clintons.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"So which is it? If a *fact* cannot ever be proven 100% then how do you know that it's a fact?"

Because a fact in science is a data point, not an absolute. Data points are open to revision if new observations call for it.

"And if nothing is ever *proven* 100%, then why all the insults and derision towards those who are skeptical and don't accept it 100%?"

Just because something cannot be proven 100% like a mathematical theorem doesn't mean that a very high degree of confidence can't be had that it's correct. Mostly evos get critical of the convoluted ways that some anti-evos ignore what for most people who have examined the evidence is a very convincing explanation. I can't prove with 100 certainty that the sun will rise tomorrow, but I would think anybody who claimed it wouldn't was deluding themselves. I can't prove with 100% certitude that evolution is true; that doesn't mean that anti-evo positions have the same probability of being correct.

[RunningWolf]

ping for your interest

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[js1138]

then why all the insults and derision towards those who are skeptical and don't accept it 100%?

For the same reason we snicker at flat earthers. The phrase "less than 100%" includes "99.999%".