(January 17, 2013 at 11:16 am)John V Wrote: There are those who say that a theory stands until a better theory takes its place, at least with regard to evolution. It's not a universal position - you're evidence of that - but it's not uncommon.
Oh, don't get me wrong, my position isn't tied to evolution or anything. If someone came along tomorrow with a paradigm altering scientific breakthrough that disproves evolution entirely, then I'll follow that theory, assuming the science checks out. My beliefs follow the facts, it's just that right now, the facts bear out evolution, and are so far a testament to how elegant and forward thinking the initial theory was.
I'll admit, sometimes it's hard to disengage from evolution and debate the facts rather than the theory, but that's more a human tendency to entrench oneself into a position, rather than any form of dogma.
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