| </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (hello_caleb,)
evolution has never been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. not like gravity. no one argues with gravity. except michael jordan.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Actually, the theory of evolution is much-better established than any theory of gravity, because science doesn't have a very-good theory of gravity. It won't until there is a unified theory that can explain gravity alongside the other basic forces. Of course, what you mean by 'proven beyond a reasonable doubt' and 'no one argues with gravity' are some effects of gravity, or at best generalizations about those effects. Thus, Newton's laws as they apply to gravity might be among those you feel to have been 'proven beyond a reasonable doubt.' What's interesting there is that they were so considered until Einstein showed the ways in which they were wrong. Now, you might argue, Einstein's account is proven beyond a reasonable doubt -- well, it has, after all, been supported by a considerable body of experimental evidence. The thing is, what is anticipated is that when, if, there is a unified field theory, it will show in what respects Einstein's account is wrong. Well, that's science for you. And the same could occur with evolutionary theory. In fact, it happens all the time to specific accounts of evolutionary theory. But then, Einstein did not make Newton's laws of motion any less applicable and useful FOR MOST EVERYDAY USES (although if you use GPS, it needs Einstein's account, not just Newton's), and the same is likely to be true of current accounts of evolution. |