[adorno]

You do realise that an explanation in science has to reach a high level of confidence and verification before it can be called a "theory", correct?

You do realize that some theories will forever remain theories because, ultimately, they can't be proven. Sort of like the 'global warming' theory.

Evolution has been a 'theory' for what... more than 150 years? My guess is that it will be a theory for another 300 years or until people give up on it or new and improved theories are developed.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

" You do realize that some theories will forever remain theories because, ultimately, they can't be proven."

You do realize that all theories remain theories and don't move up to a higher level, and don't get proven, right? :)

[Dimensio]

You do realize that some theories will forever remain theories because, ultimately, they can't be proven.

All theories will either remain theories or be discarded. There is nothing higher than "theory". Nothing in science is ever "proven".

Evolution has been a 'theory' for what... more than 150 years?

What else would it become?

[orionblamblam]

> Evolution has been a 'theory' for what... more than 150 years?

So? Aerodynamic theory has been around for more than a century, and the fact remains that planes stay airborne.

Evolution is a theory. "Life evolves" is a fact.

Relativity is a theory. "Atom bombs go BLAM" is a fact.

[Ichneumon]

[You do realise that an explanation in science has to reach a high level of confidence and verification before it can be called a "theory", correct?]

You do realize that some theories will forever remain theories because, ultimately, they can't be proven. Sort of like the 'global warming' theory.

You do realize that *no* theory is ever or can ever be "proven", because science does not deal in proof, and in fact "proof" is an impossible standard in this real world -- proofs are only possible in artificial realms like mathematics.... Oh, wait, you *don't* realize that, do you?

Theories are, however, validated and supported to varying degrees, and evolutionary theory has been validated countless times over the past 150 years, by such vast mountains of evidence and research along multiple cross-confirming lines, and has survived so many potential falsification tests, that it is among the most well-established and solid theories in all of science.

So... what was your point again? Presuming you had one?

[TheBrotherhood]

>Evolution has been a 'theory' for what... more than 150 years?

And will remain a nebulous theory for years to come. It will never make it to law.

>My guess is that it will be a theory for another 300 years or until people give up on it or new and improved theories are developed.

I predict that your prediction will soon prove wrong as more and more evidence comes out that evolution is mere pseudo science. I can't believe seemingly intelligent people still believe in this nonsense of evolution.