Is darwin theory now fact or does it remain a theory for ever?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

A theory in scientific terms is totally different to a theory in non-scientific terms. There have been thousands of experiments and observations that essentially prove evolution is correct.

But scientists are a very cautious bunch. We won't say black is black unless it's been proven to the nth degree. We might say that under different circumstances, black might be gray. So black remains a theory even though everyone knows it's black 99.99999 % of the time.

It's the same with evolution. You're right. It will always be a scientific theory because we can't prove it works in every single case, because there are not enough people and time to do the experiments.

Remember it's a scientific theory, not just a mad idea someone dreamed up one day, which is what the creationists like to say.

Answer 3

I know Darwin's Theory of Evolution is still considered a theory, but with the massive amounts of data, fossil records, etc. it's a pretty convincing theory, and I believe most scientists consider it fact.
The only reason it is still considered a theory, is that to elevate a theory to fact, it has to be reproducible under controlled conditions, something rather hard to do on evolutionary time scales.

Answer 4

"Just a theory"? A theory is not a guess, a hypothesis or a conjecture. It is a coherent explanation of the facts as they appear so far. Darwin is the best we have so far, but if someone could provide evidence to refute it (i.e. to prove it to be an insufficient or faulty explanation) then there would need to be a revision. The word 'theory' is bandied about too loosely; to be called a theory an explanation has to have tremendous merit.

Answer 5

It was and always will only be a theory, in fact some of it has been disproven. For anything to be fact there can be no holes, this theory now looks like swiss cheese. If we came from apes then why are there still apes, where are the in betweens. Never mind monkeys Darwin came from nuts.

Answer 6

Theories don't become facts. A theory deals with broad sytemic mechanics.

Facts support the theory of biological evolution. That's as close to becoming a fact as a theory can ever come.

Answer 7

Theory.

Answer 8

Well Darwin's theory of evolution is based on inconclusive data so until it is definate it will have to remain a theory.

In order to prove evolution you would have to wintess the process however, this takes thousands or millions of years.

There is also a lot of opposition to his theory by religious groups as proof of evolution would dis-prove creationism, where God created Adam and Eve as the mother and father of the species.

Answer 9

actually everything in science are theories, but that doesnt imply "only". Scientific language and normal language doesnt mean excactly the same thing with that word. Except for religious nuts, the is no debate about the basic evolution theory. Minor details may be argued about. Anything else you might hear is just propaganda from the religious nuts.

Answer 10

It is impossible to conclusively prove as things stand now so remains a theory. However, even though technically it is a theory, most people regard it as fact.

Answer 11

Still just a theory