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To: ZULU
As I recall it from my college days, an idea "graduates" from a hypothesis, to a Theory, to a "Law", as more experimental and observational data is compiled.

Close. Scientific laws are "relationships observed to be invariable between or among phenomena," and are expressed in mathematical formulae and not just general principles to be applied. Look at the laws of thermodynamics -- pure math despite the theoretical misapplications you usually see here. Also, look at gravity where we have the law of gravity expressed in math, and gravitational theory as a body of knowledge trying to explain everything else with gravity.

Who knows though, one of these days we'll maybe have the laws of evolution when they can say "according to this formula, a species under these conditions will evolve as so."

87 posted on 03/25/2002 10:17:06 PM PST by Quila
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To: Quila
What about Quantum theory and chaos principles?

If these are true, it is not possible under certain circumstances to formulate mathematical equations which will definitely establish parameters.

101 posted on 03/26/2002 6:04:52 AM PST by ZULU
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To: Quila
Who knows though, one of these days we'll maybe have the laws of evolution when they can say "according to this formula, a species under these conditions will evolve as so."

Very nice. However, the problem is that evolution has been saying that it is proven science for 150 years and we yet have not seen any scientific proof for it. You are telling us to continue to wait. I say it is time for evolutionists to stop telling us that evolution is science until such time as they can give proof for their theory. Enough of this someday nonsense which everyone from Ms Cleo on uses to fool people.

196 posted on 03/27/2002 4:31:00 PM PST by gore3000
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