any fossil evidence?
what proof ?
is it a science or a theory?
2007-01-17 22:39:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Depends. There are different definitions of the word evolution. The short answer is that there is variation within species but there is no proof of any animal or plant evolving into another species.
2007-01-17 22:46:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fossil evidence of other dimentions? Do you actually know what a fossil is?
And with regards to other dimentions, there are of course other dimentions. We can only spatial percieve three dimentions and temporally percieve only one, but the principal of the mathematical derivation of these dimentions is as follows:
Take a point in space. This exists in 0D
Take that point and extend it orthogonally from itself. You now have a line in 1D
Take that line and extend it orthogonally from itself. You now have a square in 2D
Take that square and extend it orthogonally from itself. You now have a cube in 3D
Take that cube and extent it orthogonally from itself. You now have a *shape* in 4D
Take that *shape* and extend it orthogonally from itself.... etc etc
You see how the dimentions are built up? Now, mathematically higher dimentions are perfectly plausable.
Next, why invoke dimentions we can't percieve? Well, the reason is that the gravitational force is extremely weak. In fact, the reason why it is so weak remained a complete mystery until string-theory came along. According to string theory, the exchange particle for the gravitational force exists unbound to a particular brane (another higher dimention) and hence the force can 'leak' into another universe. In the other universe on the other brane there may not even be matter because the constants of physics will be subtly different. Now, why isn't the universe expanding as much as it should when the force of gravitational attraction is so weak? The answer is dark matter but until string-theory there was no description for dark matter. The solution in string-theory describes how the gravitational force exchange particle from other branes 'leaks' into our own.
The mathematics of string-theory hold true. The evidence for it was what drove its development in the first place. The final test for it is that it must predict something before it is discovered. Experiments are ongoing.
Now, I want to make it clear that SCIENCE IS THEORY. You shouldn't say 'oh, it's just a theory' because theory is derived from rigorous testing and predicting outcomes.
And my final statement is about the nature of proof. There is no such thing as proof. All we can do is improve our models of the universe, because 'proof' implies we have disproved all other possibilities, and there are infinite other possibilities.
The string-theory model of the universe is the most accurate we have and it requires the existance of higher dimentions. Fact.
2007-01-17 22:56:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mawkish 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Erm, theories are science, an essential part really, but no, extra dimensions, and the string theory from which they are derived aren't strictly science, as it would be impossible in our current understanding to prove it wrong. That said, it's a model that helps us understand things, and seems to be turning out to be an accurate model, so what does it really matter, it's more or less just used as a way of thinking and expressing complex mathematics to predict the nature of physics.... But again, math, regardless of how complex, or how well it SEEMS to correspond doesn't denote science.
2007-01-17 22:49:54 · answer #3 · answered by yelxeH 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One intriguing feature of string theory is that it predicts the possible number of dimensions in the universe. Nothing in Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism or Einstein's theory of relativity makes this kind of prediction; these theories require physicists to insert the number of dimensions "by hand". The first person to add a fifth dimension to Einstein's general relativity was German mathematician Theodor Kaluza in 1919. The reason for the unobservability of the fifth dimension (its compactness) was suggested by the Swedish physicist Oskar Klein in 1926 (see Kaluza–Klein theory).
2007-01-17 23:08:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a theory about the existence of more than 3 dimensions and parallel universes, but there is yet no way to visit or inspect these parallels.
fossils data is from our 3 dimensional universe, and only from one planet.
Theory is a part of science.
2007-01-17 22:49:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fossil evidence of other dimensions?
Your ignorance is truly impressive in its scale. I do believe you have an iq of about 50.
Why are people telling him where to look - do you think he cares? This person thinks science is all rubbish because the only answer simple enough for him to understand is 'god did it' anything else is rejected.
2007-01-17 22:43:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
No. There is absolutely no fossil evidence of other dimensions!
2007-01-17 22:43:37 · answer #7 · answered by Save the Fish 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its theory, but a very strong theory. Strong as the theory of gravity.
You cant prove it directly, but little hints are there. SUch as when a nuetron disapears and reapears somewhere else.
2007-01-17 22:46:37 · answer #8 · answered by duffmanhb 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If there is fossil evidence of other dimensions, it would be in the other dimensions.
2007-01-17 22:46:31 · answer #9 · answered by Al Dave Ismail 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Read up on Brian Green and Steven Hawking. They are the leading (legitimate) scientists in this study.
There is also a new one she is a female but cant remember her name.
2007-01-17 22:45:02 · answer #10 · answered by ☺☻☺☻☺☻ 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋