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Being a theory does not exempt something from being factual. As ilw pointed out, Quantum Theory is still regarded as a theory, and yet many of the things we take for granted today would not be here if it weren't for Quantum Mechanics, including the computers we are all using.Quote:
“This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things."
All semiconductor transistors work according to the principles of quantum mechanics. Without quantum mechanics it isn't possible to understand how a transistor works, and one certainly couldn't have been made. This in turn led to transistor radios, televisions, computers etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPaul
The laser beam is also a product of quantum mechanics, giving us CDs and DVDs among other things.
In the future we will see quantum computers that make what we see today seem positively archaic.
Most computers today make my one seem positively archaic :)Quote:
Originally Posted by UKResident
Do you remember manny's old sig about open minds?Quote:
Originally Posted by barbarossa
It went something along the lines of..."sometimes peoples minds are so open their brains fall out"
;)
wait, all scientific discoveries were made after we understood them? :blink:
note to self: try and keep up dave
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Originally Posted by vidcc
I find it ironic that macro-evolution is being compared to a religion; because that's what it is; more then any scientific groundwork.
The "big bang theory" has misused the term "theory". it cannot be computed and hypothasized (sp?) like quantum mechanics can. I actually did not come across this until recently; being that state school has jackhammered the opposite in my head all the way from kindergarten books.
but; to the question.
Anyone can put any sticker they choose on any book. It is the fact that a Federal Judge has ruled the opposite that brings my attention. If a state school is teaching a world religion course and they want a sticker on a bible reminding readers to contemplate independently on the contents; then go ahead. A court should not have say on such matters.
of course many here favor an overstepping court system as long as it councides with their beliefs.
I have recently run into a professor who taught creationism. As a Bio major; I have always bought into the Gap Age theory (for a rough summery: Where there is a time gap in the bible where macro-evolution could have taken place.) This professor, though, came to debate a bio professor from my school, and I'll be damned, if he did not only hold his own, but, revamped some minds about the validity of creationism.
call me stupid, jaded, or just wrong; but before you do; look into what some creationists have to say.
(as barbarossa said; all material should be carefully considered.) :)
it is from this standpoint; that there is (in my mind) another valid theory in a pure scientific sense, that, keeps me from evolution only taught. If they teach something as enthreal as the big bang theory; then the same standard would show that creationism is at least as valid.
if I don't post for awhile, it doesn't mean I'm not reading; I just means time constraints.
Maybe we should start a new thread to discuss this so called 'science' of creationism.
We could discuss the five great creation myths ..
- Evolution has never been observed.
- Evolution violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
- There are no transitional fossils.
- The theory of evolution says that life originated, and evolution proceeds, by random chance.
- Evolution is only a theory; it hasn't been proved.
Anyone game? :rolleyes:
evolution has been observed. people are taller than they used to be
meh... you can't discount diet from that argument, peoples diets are so much better than they were, hence they grow more..Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDave
However, evolution HAS been observed, in moths during the industrial revolution around Manchester :
source: http://www.txtwriter.com/Backgrounde.../EVpage07.html
its been observed anyway