To: furball4paws
Just don't try to define "theory" out of the dictionary. You'll get flamed for that. Scientists, I have been repeatedly told, have their own special version of the definition. (so as to accuse creationists of semantics.)
146 posted on
09/26/2005 10:04:03 AM PDT by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: metmom
Just don't try to define "theory" out of the dictionary. You'll get flamed for that. Scientists, I have been repeatedly told, have their own special version of the definition. (so as to accuse creationists of semantics.)Most substantial dictionaries include the scientific definition amongst the other less rigorous definitions.
148 posted on
09/26/2005 10:07:09 AM PDT by
Thatcherite
(Conservative and Biblical Literalist are not synonymous)
To: metmom
Just don't try to define "theory" out of the dictionary. You'll get flamed for that. Scientists, I have been repeatedly told, have their own special version of the definition. (so as to accuse creationists of semantics.) Actually, if you look up theory in the dictionary you will find definitions for both the lay use and the scientific use. When discussing a scientific topic it is logical to use the scientific definition.
Unless, of course, the other definition would make a good weapon for your side, in which case a little deliberate misconstruing is forgivable since it is more important to win than to be truthful, right?
To: metmom
Just don't try to define "theory" out of the dictionary. You'll get flamed for that. Scientists, I have been repeatedly told, have their own special version of the definition. (so as to accuse creationists of semantics.)You may want to bone up a bit on your science education again. I know you have told me you have taken lots of classes....Didn't stick I guess.
182 posted on
09/26/2005 10:46:30 AM PDT by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
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