(May 10, 2013 at 2:38 pm)Praetorian Wrote:(May 10, 2013 at 8:09 am)John V Wrote: Is this proven beyond a reasonable doubt? If not, why call it a theory? Creationists get crap for saying evolution is only a theory, yet evolutionists use it in the same sense all the time. Go figure.
I used "theory" in the non-scientific sense. A scientific theory is essentially fact that can't be definitely verified. Scientists accept evolution as fact, but it can't be definitely verified because we don't have a time machine. It is therefore a theory.
The RNA world idea is a hypothesis; an idea that came about through observation. Laymen like myself use "theory" and "hypothesis" interchangeably because we don't really care to point out the difference.
Perhaps we shouldn't :/.
I can have theories all day long. But unless its backed by anything solid, its just me pulling shit out of my ass and using it to explain other shit I don't understand.
Evolution is backed by mountains of evidence, that's hardly the same as just asserting that "God made man, then used one of his ribs to make woman. Done and done!"...That's an example of just pulling shit out of one's ass.
