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estelita
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posted 11-14-2003 02:11 PM
    
Yep, I know the reason behind the religious objections, but I'm not sure if these people have only religious objections, or because they believe it's not science. Two different things. Maybe it's both, though.Other than Mara's posts, I have a question about something Gray said. Sorry if she actually corrected this later and I missed it: She mentioned that the difference between scientific theory and scientific law is that a theory continually upheld by proof becomes a scientific law.
It was my understanding before, however, that a theory never becomes law; a hypothesis is what becomes law once it has been proven (I use the word proven somewhat loosely of course). A theory is something that explains the law, and doesn't become a law itself. So for evolution: evolution can be regarded as a law, that is, it states that organisms change over time. Then there are theories that explain this law, such as mutation, punctuated equilibrium, natural selection, genetic drift, all that stuff. Also, I think that laws pretty much stay the same in our minds, because they're much simpler. Theories, however, are what constantly change as we add more to our pool of knowledge. If a law does have to get changed, then that's certainly a bigger deal.
Posts: 4 | From: USA | Registered: Oct 2003 | Logged: 130.166.30.52
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