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I understand perfectly what a theory is, believe me when I say that I am highly reversed in such topics. A theory is NOT a fact, if you look at even the first phrase of the definition from the dictionary...
Again. a theory is like Tommorrow will follow from today.
You want to argue tommorrow WON'T follow from today, maybe tomorrow gravity will push instead of pull
Nobody can predict the future with 100% accuracy. but if you don't take it as fact you can't take anything as fact, and you get trapped in the mental exercise of ancient times answered by Rene Descartes. where the only thing that you can be 100% sure of, is that you, whatever you are. can be defined by the fact that you think, therefore there must be something that is YOU. and everything else is subject to manipulation from higher powers who want to just be shitting with you for their own purposes.
YOU CAN BE THAT WAY. IF you understand you are being that way. fine.
But I'm getting the impression you have no clue what you are saying. reversed? Seriously you are well reversed? you mean Revered? Rehearsed?
But yeah, If we are going to make assumptions that tomorrow will follow from today and yesterday, next cycle behaves like previous cycle, and the definition that doing the same thing, with the same processes and expecting a different result is insanity.
then you are being insane. and Evolution is a fact.
But again, there is no PROOF Tommorrow will follow from today, and there WON'T BE until tommorrow becomes today, and then we got the next tommorrow to wait for.
So its only a theory. But you are being a tool.
Which is to say, Evolution the process of Natural and artificial selection are facts/laws/process/definition.
the Theory part is the part saying what WILL happen.
I'm just going to quote the page between the differences since it was too hard for you to take the time to visit. I'm tried of refuting people that for some reason don't even take the time to research what they're disagreeing with.
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Theory
A scientific theory summarizes a hypothesis or group of hypotheses that have been supported with repeated testing. A theory is valid as long as there is no evidence to dispute it. Therefore, theories can be disproven. Basically, if evidence accumulates to support a hypothesis, then the hypothesis can become accepted as a good explanation of a phenomenon. One definition of a theory is to say it's an accepted hypothesis.
Example: It is known that on June 30, 1908 in Tunguska, Siberia, there was an explosion equivalent to the detonation of about 15 million tons of TNT. Many hypotheses have been proposed for what caused the explosion. It is theorized that the explosion was caused by a natural extraterrestrial phenomenon, and was not caused by man. Is this theory a fact? No. The event is a recorded fact. Is this this theory generally accepted to be true, based on evidence to-date? Yes. Can this theory be shown to be false and be discarded? Yes.
Law
A law generalizes a body of observations. At the time it is made, no exceptions have been found to a law. Scientific laws explain things, but they do not describe them. One way to tell a law and a theory apart is to ask if the description gives you a means to explain 'why'.
Example: Consider Newton's Law of Gravity. Newton could use this law to predict the behavior of a dropped object, but he couldn't explain why it happened.
As you can see, there is no 'proof' or absolute 'truth' in science. The closest we get are facts, which are indisputable observations. Note, however, if you define proof as arriving at a logical conclusion, based on the evidence, then there is 'proof' in science. I work under the definition that to prove something implies it can never be wrong, which is different. If you're asked to define hypothesis, theory, and law, keep in mind the definitions of proof and of these words can vary slightly depending on the scientific discipline. What is important is to realize they don't all mean the same thing and cannot be used interchangeably.
Pay special attention to this line "Is this theory a fact? No. The event is a recorded fact. Is this theory generally accepted to be true, based on evidence to-date? Yes."
That same line can be applied to evolution.
This article was written by Anne Helmenstine, Ph.D., and is an author and consultant with a broad scientific and medical background. But I suppose she doesn't know what she's talking about either.
I'm not looking at theories and laws in the philosophical sense that that you are. I'm looking at them in their technical uses.
By the way, your direct insult to me regarding the mix-up between "reversed" and "rehearsed" was out right rude and unnecessary. It was simply a mistype that wasn't caught by my spell check, as you can see the h and v are actually quite close.
Plus if you're going to condemn everything I say due to a slight mistake, then the same can be done to you. Consistent misuse of punctuation, lacking capitalization, and repeatedly misspelling tomorrow...
When I say I know what I'm talking about, I mean it. There are many things I don't know, but I can guarantee you this is something I know very well. Keep in mind I'm not trying to argue against evolution or even faith I'm simply trying to inform people between the different term uses and their actual meanings. If you want to look at evolution as absolute fact, then that's fine, just keep in mind that it's not actual fact in the technical use of the term because it hasn't been deemed a law.