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sandraleesmith46: WRONG: it if was supported by FACTS it wouldn't still be a THEORY!

TheKingOfRhye: That is wrong. The definition of a scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world based on facts. That's quite different from how the word theory is commonly used in a non-scientific context.

Look at this way: There are theories of gravity. Do you doubt the existence of gravity?

sandraleesmith46: NOT well versed in real science, are you? THEORY is a notion you start with and look for the facts to support what ACTUALLY IS, about any issue; the THEORY of evolution REMAINS a theory because it is UNPROVEN! That means there are NOT sufficient facts to support it as reality!
Gravity is a fact; the only theoretic parts about it are how it works and what, if any, are its exceptions to the rules.

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NOT well versed in real science, are you? THEORY is a notion you start with and look for the facts to support what ACTUALLY IS, about any issue

No. You're WRONG. You NEVER start with a notion (or "conclusion") and then look for the facts that support it - that's called CHERRY-PICKING. You enter with NO forgone conclusions and simply OBSERVE what's going on. Then you let the observations GUIDE you to a HYPOTHESIS ("The Earth must be spherical," for example). Others can make INDEPENDENT observations of their own and come to the SAME hypothesis, and/or a hypothesis can be TESTED by proceeding with LOGICAL steps ("If the Earth really is round, then_____should happen/be observable if I_____").

In conclusion, RANDOM CAPS are ANNOYING and they make you seem BELLIGERENT.

“sandraleesmith46: WRONG: it if was supported by FACTS it wouldn't still be a THEORY!”
All theories are supported by facts you silly idjit. That’s what theories ARE, attempts to explain the facts.
And theories are not something that graduates into fact. You’re dumber than half the people in the white house this year, and that’s saying something.

“sandraleesmith46: NOT well versed in real science, are you? THEORY is a notion you start with and look for the facts to support what ACTUALLY IS,”
On cop shows and lawyer shows, yes.
And really BAD science fiction.
Not in real science, though. Forget Perry Mason.

"about any issue; the THEORY of evolution REMAINS a theory because it is UNPROVEN!”
Nothing in science is proven, dork. Everything is falsifiable, so it’s one fact away from being DISPROVEN.

"That means there are NOT sufficient facts to support it as reality!”
Nope.

“Gravity is a fact; the only theoretic parts about it are how it works and what, if any, are its exceptions to the rules.”
Man, you ALMOST had it. There’s the fact that things ‘fall,’ and there’s the theory that gravity is why they fall.

There’s the fact that things evolve, and the theory of evolution tries to explain how they’ve evolved over the last few gazillion years.

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