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Topic	Do you consider evolution to be 100% proven fact?
Tyranthraxus 09/09/19 1:37:43 PM #182:	Sad_Face posted... We need to get away from calling it a "scientific fact" and whether or not someone believes it. Evolution is a theory that best describes a recording of observations and is incredibly accurate at predicting what should happen based on the hypotheses derived from the observations. The reason why you want to make this distinction because you need to be flexible in case things change. For instance, Newtonian mechanics is accurate (Force = derivative of momentum with respect to time), but then it falls off when you hit nanoscopic levels. This isn't to say Newtonian mechanics isn't correct, but in certain scenarios it doesn't describe the observations of a certain setting so you need to adapt a different theory to explain what's going on. Relativity and Quantum Mechanics are pretty much just a bunch of exceptions / edge cases to Newtonian Physics to deal with really small and/or really fast things. Newtonian Physics is still factual for everything within its scope. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://imgur.com/dQgC4kv <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:927196960] in Do you con... [t:77987770]...</cite> <quote>Sad_Face posted... </cite> <quote>We need to get away from calling it a "scientific fact" and whether or not someone believes it. Evolution is a theory that best describes a recording of observations and is incredibly accurate at predicting what should happen based on the hypotheses derived from the observations. The reason why you want to make this distinction because you need to be flexible in case things change. For instance, Newtonian mechanics is accurate (Force = derivative of momentum with respect to time), but then it falls off when you hit nanoscopic levels. This isn't to say Newtonian mechanics isn't correct, but in certain scenarios it doesn't describe the observations of a certain setting so you need to adapt a different theory to explain what's going on.</quote> Relativity and Quantum Mechanics are pretty much just a bunch of exceptions / edge cases to Newtonian Physics to deal with really small and/or really fast things. Newtonian Physics is still factual for everything within its scope. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://imgur.com/dQgC4kv</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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