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Originally Posted by The Third Man
Did anyone of the Newsweek folks ask if theory is the same as proven fact? Yet to Newsweek theory and truth are one in the same.
I have never heard of Darwin's proven fact.
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This post shows that you don't know what a scientific theory actually is. Theory has one meaning in English, and a very specific meaning as scientific jargon.
Also, while Dawin's theory (natural selection) is a mechanism up for debate (there are a few minor variants out there), the FACT of evolution is different. Evolution is the OBSERVED change in species over time. It is fact (unless you have dinosaurs, etc running around in your yard).
The theory merely attempt to explain WHY the balance of species has changed over time. Natural selection simply means that the animals that are more reproductively successful increase in number at the expense of those who are not successful. If you think this is absurd, apparently you think that animals that have more offspring don't end up being a higher % of a given population (something that is self-evident).
It's been demonstrated in the laboratory of agriculture, where animals have been artificially selected by man for ages, and now dominate (horses, for example).