Even after more than 150 years, Evolution is still one of the more misunderstood scientific theories. The big question is why? Charles Darwin was the first to get his theories published with “On the Origin of Species” in 1859, but others were coming to similar conclusions about the same time, based on their own observations;Continue reading “Evolution 101”
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It’s only a theory
An attempt to clarify what is meant by the phrase ‘scientific theory’.
My Quora answers
Well some of them at least… If the Earth has been proven to be a flat spinning disc, why don’t we fly off the edge due to centrifugal force? Proof is the preserve of mathematicians and the manufacturers of hard liquor. So no scientist would ever claim that the Earth was ‘proven’ to be anything.Continue reading “My Quora answers”
