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Originally posted by hobo
Someone said the theory of evolution isn't proven. Technically, it is. It is still called a theory because to be a law it requires a mathematical equation or something like that to be classified a law.
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Actually that's not true, it's close, but not true.
Evolution is pretty much proven. No real scientist doubts that evolution happened-how it happened and the time frame involved is currently under debate.
When scientists speak of laws and theories they are speaking of two different things, as you correctly noted. The Law of Gravity, is the observation that what goes up, must come down (basically). The theory of gravity explains why that happens.
In general:
A law, is an observation. Something does this....
A theory explains observations. Something does this, because....
In other other words (
), saying that evolution is "only a theory", speaks towards a general ignorance of science (no offense to anyone).