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To: gore3000
A hypothesis is the accurate word for an unproven theory. Evolution is an unproven theory and has been so since its inception.

No, a hypothesis is

"A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation."
Evolution is in part a theory:
"A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena. "
A hypothesis ins't a set of principles or statements, only a tentative explanation. A nypothesis hasn't been tested yet and cannot make predictions. Redefining science, the hallmark of the creationist. Or neo-creationist ("Intelligent Design") for that matter.

There is absolutely no proof for the hypothesis of evolution in Darwin and science has been disproving Darwinian theory almost since its inception.

Where did you get that from? If science had been disproving Darwin even since, there would be no Theory of Evolution now. It is only because of these 100+ years of science confirming his hypotheses that we have something called a "Theory of Evolution." But what can you expect, even Jehova's Witnesses were denying germ theory not too long ago.

37 posted on 03/24/2002 11:40:47 PM PST by Quila
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To: Quila
"There is absolutely no proof for the hypothesis of evolution in Darwin and science has been disproving Darwinian theory almost since its inception. -me-

Where did you get that from? "

From reading Darwin. It is just a huge mass of "just so stories", little more than a medieval bestiary. It is full of "proofs" which have been proven wrong such as the brachyocephalic index and the "melding" of traits from the parents which has been totally disproven by Mendellian genetics.

50 posted on 03/25/2002 4:51:54 AM PST by gore3000
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