Avian bird flu proof enough?
2007-03-27 05:33:17 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Study the underlying genetic predisposition for bird flu and you will see all the capability is there already - there is nothing new added, in fact it is what is removed that makes it so deadly to humans.
So - no, not a law of evolution. It is not proven, is not observed, and even within it's own definitions cannot predict an outcome. It's a theory.
2007-03-28 07:27:21 · answer #1 · answered by awayforabit 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I think the problem is that many people have no understanding what "theory" is in the scientific terms. They mistakenly assume it's like the vernacular term for "guess" when a scientific theory is essentially fact. Evolution is a fact of biology, most of our medicine and knowledge of biology relies on it, it is the demonstrable and incontrovertible backbone for all life on this planet.
It is not likely to become a law, most things haven't yet. Germ theory is still theory (even though we know concretely that there are germs), gravity is still theory, and so on. A theory is definite fact, but a law is something much more specific.
What we really need to do is to improve our science educations - let kids know that scientific theory = fact.
2007-03-27 05:48:12 · answer #2 · answered by Mike K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We didn't exactly witness the beginning so I think it will always be a theory, as it should be.. plus there are alot of errors with the theory that can not be explained. I don't believe school has any right to teach anybody the theory of evolution or any religion in the world, it's a journey they should take on there own.
2007-03-27 07:01:48 · answer #3 · answered by Pirate! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically there is the fact of evolution AND the theory of evolution. The law of evolution is that gene pools change over time and produce differences and changes. the theory is that this process is the reason for all the species on the planet. But really, the only reason it is a theory is because it is impossible to observe this in any way.
2007-03-27 05:42:36 · answer #4 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is a vast difference between claiming micro-evolution (relative short term natural selection) and claiming in macro-evolution is responsible for life as we know it. The fact that viruses mutate or that moths change color as a result of natural selection has nothing to do with how viruses and moths came to be.
ID is a valid theory just as much as evolution is a theory. Whether or not you believe it to be true does not make it law. Laws are absolute. Theory cannot be proven due to lack of absolutes.
Gravity is a theory because we cannot physically touch gravity, we only see it working and understand how it works. Kind of like God.
2007-03-27 05:42:31 · answer #5 · answered by RedE1 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. The definition of a theory has not changed, and by that definition, evolution is still a theory. You have to differentiate between evolution as what we observe within a species from the grand theory of evolution that we can't observe no one being around that long ago to observe it.
Theory isn't a dirty word. We shouldn't fudge our understanding of things, because religious people are trying to assault the sciences.
2007-03-27 05:38:36 · answer #6 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Evolution occurs in large amount of living things over periods of time. If people can clone and alter the DNA of certain living organisms, then evolution can be proved to be achievable.
I am not very knowledgeable in evolution study and the definition of a law.
2007-03-27 05:48:27 · answer #7 · answered by ShanShui 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All laws are theories. Even gravity is still a theory, in that if evidence came along that refuted aspects of it, it would be changed. This is why science works so well. This is almost certain not to happen in the case of evolution or gravity as both are well established, but it's possible.
2007-03-27 05:38:04 · answer #8 · answered by RabidBunyip 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I learned a week or so ago that scientific theories do not get proven into laws. A law generally addresses a very specific case or part of a system, whereas a theory generally is a lot more encompassing.
2007-03-27 05:36:17 · answer #9 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
disagree. I'm still waiting for my proof. Show me what man was before he became man. All the evidence presented to me starts after a certain point. If evolution is true, then man did not crawl from the muck as a humaniod. Show me what he was before he was man.
Until then, I say evolution is still just a theory with as much credit as creationism.
2007-03-27 05:47:22 · answer #10 · answered by sister steph 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋