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Can evolution be "believed" or "not believed"?
#31
RE: Can evolution be "believed" or "not believed"?
(June 4, 2013 at 7:55 pm)Rhythm Wrote: A scientific realist can also call any theory an approximation of the truth (as they claim to be nothing more to begin with).

Hmm... you are right. But I still have the funny feeling it have to do with something in the philosophy of epistemology.
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#32
RE: Can evolution be "believed" or "not believed"?
(April 16, 2013 at 4:13 pm)CleanShavenJesus Wrote: To be fair, isn't gravity a law?

No actually. I've about this before. Newton came up with the Law of Gravity. But as someone already mentioned, after Einstein came along with General Relativity, the tendency of calling any scientific theory a "Law" is no longer done.

With any scientific theory at all. Einstein changed all that.

Evolution isn't a fact. It's about a billion facts that comprise the Theory of Evolution.

The Theory of Evolution is more rock solid than the heliocentric model of the solar system.
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#33
RE: Can evolution be "believed" or "not believed"?
Thing is...whether you believe in a scientific theory or not does not detract from the facts that support that theory.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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#34
RE: Can evolution be "believed" or "not believed"?
(April 16, 2013 at 4:13 pm)CleanShavenJesus Wrote: To be fair, isn't gravity a law?
No, fuck no. There is no such thing as crafting laws of the universe, don't let stupid phrases like "law of gravity" fool you, or Newton's "laws" of motion.
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#35
RE: Can evolution be "believed" or "not believed"?
One has to be absolutely blind and ignorant to not understand that evolution is a fact of life.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
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#36
RE: Can evolution be "believed" or "not believed"?
Or muslim?/ xtian?/ judaic?/ {insert blind religious faith here}
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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