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Dates: during 2009-2009
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...Take the typical American creationist??s sneer: discrediting evolution by calling it “only a theory.” This misrepresents the concept of a theory in scientific discourse, which simply means an explanation. Plate tectonics, geometry, and even gravity are considered scientific theories. Calling evolution “only a theory” is also highly misleading because evolution is not only a theory but also a fact, in the words of the late Harvard biologist Stephen Jay Gould. We can observe the fact of evolution in populations of animals or plants that change even...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Not the Year of Our Lord | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

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