To: muir_redwoods
About gravity, kids can prove it exists by dropping stuff on the floor. So, it is a proven fact of physics suitable for schools, while relativity, string theory and so on might not be suitable. About evolution, no similar experiment is there to prove the existence of evolution, never mind its theoretical mechanisms. So keep this stuff off the schools.
32 posted on
03/01/2006 3:16:58 PM PST by
annalex
To: annalex
About gravity, kids can prove it exists by dropping stuff on the floor.
This does not prove gravity. This merely demonstrates that a force acted upon the "stuff" in a specific fashion for each instance. Dropping "stuff" on the floor does not explain why the "stuff" falls to the floor in the first place. Gravitational theory is required for such an explanation, and not only his the theory behind gravity not proven, but it is a far less well-understood phenomenon than evolution.
34 posted on
03/01/2006 3:19:51 PM PST by
Dimensio
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To: annalex
The mechanism of gravity is not only unproven but still speculative. Your notion of proving by dropping an object is akin to proving evolution by pointing to a human. Evolution theory is critical to modern biology so the theory you think is too speculative for high schools is taught as the basis for medical schools subjects. There are all kinds of experiments demonstrating evolution as true and you can do your own research because its been my experiance that it is wasted effort on my part to try to teach people who don't want to learn.
42 posted on
03/01/2006 4:21:16 PM PST by
muir_redwoods
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