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To: Gritty
Thanks for the tip!

You are welcome. For you further edification...

Layman's definition of "theory:"
An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.

Scientific definition of "theory:"
A systematically organized body of knowledge applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances, especially a system of assumptions, accepted principles, and rules of procedure devised to analyze, predict, or otherwise explain the nature or behavior of a specified set of phenomena.

66 posted on 01/15/2005 6:32:53 PM PST by Jeff Gordon (Now is the time for all wise men to gloat. FOUR MORE YEARS,)
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To: Jeff Gordon
Gosh. You're really a smart guy!

I'm impressed.

The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,
but knowledge comes easily to the discerning. (Proverbs 14:6)

68 posted on 01/15/2005 7:09:36 PM PST by Gritty ("It was so much fun this year, because saying ‘Merry Christmas’ is like saying ‘F*ck you'-A Coulter)
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To: Jeff Gordon

Im impressed with this thread tonight- great to see some defenders of science out in force...


70 posted on 01/15/2005 7:19:43 PM PST by Phatnbald (Out of my cold dead hands)
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