RE: Vision and Evolution (A Critique of Dawkins)
August 7, 2019 at 9:19 am
(This post was last modified: August 7, 2019 at 9:32 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Or, for that matter, the difference between the theory of evolution and the fact of evolution?
Neither gravity nor evolution are just theories...not even in the colloquial sense.
The fact of gravity is that we see things falling. The theory of gravity by - insert here- is our best explanation of that observed fact.
The fact of evolution is that life changes. We see new structures and organisms appear, and change, and disappear. Populations become more or less dominant in their environment. The theory of evolution by -insert here- is our best explanation of that observed fact.
Another fun example. The apparent fact of abiogenesis. Creationists love to conflate abiogenesis with evolutionary theory, and criticize what theories we have, even pull the “just a theory”. - but like above it’s not.
Creationism is, itself, a competing hypothesis ( being very generous to superstition, here) as an explanation for the observed fact of abiogenesis by -insert here-.
Neither gravity nor evolution are just theories...not even in the colloquial sense.
The fact of gravity is that we see things falling. The theory of gravity by - insert here- is our best explanation of that observed fact.
The fact of evolution is that life changes. We see new structures and organisms appear, and change, and disappear. Populations become more or less dominant in their environment. The theory of evolution by -insert here- is our best explanation of that observed fact.
Another fun example. The apparent fact of abiogenesis. Creationists love to conflate abiogenesis with evolutionary theory, and criticize what theories we have, even pull the “just a theory”. - but like above it’s not.
Creationism is, itself, a competing hypothesis ( being very generous to superstition, here) as an explanation for the observed fact of abiogenesis by -insert here-.
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