Re: [asa] Is evolution a fact?

It¹s both fact and theory ­ depends on how you use the word (at the risk of
starting that whole discussion up again...)

Here¹s a well-known take on the subject:

http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_fact-and-theory.html

I also found Allan Harvey¹s definitions helpful:

http://members.aol.com/steamdoc/sci-nature/Chapter5.pdf

On 5/27/08 5:09 PM, "Hofmann, Jim" <jhofmann@exchange.fullerton.edu> wrote:

> There is quite a lot of literature on this topic. You can find some by
> scrolling down to section 6 on this website:
>
> http://nsmserver2.fullerton.edu/departments/chemistry/evolution_creation/web/
> <http://nsmserver2.fullerton.edu/departments/chemistry/evolution_creation/web/
> >
>
> Jim Hofmann
>
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> What do you all think? I keep hearing some say that "evolution is a
>
> fact." I don't think so. Evolution is a grand overarching theory to
>
> explain how everything complex came from something very simple. How can
>
> it be a fact when certain parts are unknown, such as "origin of life."
>
> Therefore, isn't it an obvious error to say that "evolution is a fact?"
>
> I think Dawkins calls it a fact, as well as an evolutionary Christian I
>
> heard the other day in a DVD.
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