if the theory of evolution is true and can be proved,why is it still a theory?

Question

where can i find the proof for this theory.if there is proof,wouldn't it be a fact?

i"m just curious.

Answer 1

It not true and can not be proved. In fact it is no closer to being proved then when Darwin had his nightmare and dreamed it up.

Answer 2

If it were proven true it would be the law of evolution. Many Atheist and Agnostic people erroneously accept is as true. Of course they are following blindly what has been told them by some scientist / professor(s) who has a problem with religion. They cannot think for themselves so they follow w/o question.
There are several glaring questions that evolution cannot answer, and never will be able to adequately answer. Atheists will tell you just because we cannot answer it now doesn't mean we cannot one day answer it. They use this often when faced with a question that evolution cannot answer. Some of these questions include: What happened before the Big Bang? What caused singularity of the Big Bang? Where did the encoded information in DNA come from? How did inorganic molecules develop the complexity to become organic molecules w/o any apparent outside influence? If there was an outside influence what was it?
When asked these questions Atheists often resort to their time honored practice of evasion--Evade the question and ridicule the questioner.
In defense of Evolution, it is verifiable, falsifiable, and testable. Darwin himself said,"It increases God's grandeur to believe the universe was created with evolution thrown in." Some say that Evolution conflicts directly with Genesis, others say they coincide. What the Atheists won't tell you is that creation is also verifiable, falsifiable, and testable. There are many scientists who are studying the theory of creation with an open-mind. Those who study it to disprove it probably have never read Spencer's quote, "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance--that principle is contempt prior to investigation."--Herbert Spencer Many Atheists use Ochham's Razor incorrectly to say that the simplest explanation tends to be the right one. Ockham's Razor actually says test two theories repeatedly the one that has the least amount of errors is the correct one. So, in the Bible there are 2500 prophecies. 2000 of them have been proven w/o a doubt. The 500 that have not refer to the "end times" or future events. While, evolution has these glaring unanswered questions--which theory do you think is correct according to Ockham's Razor?

Answer 3

A theory is "a coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena" [Random House American College Dictionary]. The term does not imply tentativeness or lack of certainty. For instance Human Sexual Reproduction is the theory that explains where babies come from.

A law is a statement describing a relationship observed to be invariable between or among phenomena for all cases in which the specified conditions are met. Laws and theories are two entirely different types of things. One does not become the other. Most often laws are equations. Laws can be part of theories. A law in science can be wrong. Newton's law of gavity for instance F = G m1 m2 / r^2.

A fact is a statement about reality for which the evidence is so strong that to disbelieve it would be simply foolish.

Acually Proof s not found within science at all. Proofs are within Mathematics and Logic. In science we acquire evidence, make predictions and estimate probabilities.

It is clear you do not understand the basic vocabulary of science. Terms in science do not necessarily mean the same as those in common speech.

Answer 4

It's not concuslively proven. It's a hypothoses (educated guess with predictions) that has seen some proof (of those preidictions) as well as some faslifications (of those predictions).

The only way it can become fact is if all the intermediate steps or most of them are found and established or if at some future date we see a change in humans and can show it occurs through the accepted predictioins of the theory.

Answer 5

Because many people insist that it is evolution not fact and that it's evidence is inconclusive. It is a hotly contested and VERY Sensitive issue. Discussed by nearly every religious and scientific group in the world. It also goes against nearly every religion in existence.

So Evolution remains a theory, much the same as gravity is still simply a theory. It would be politically incorrect for it to be labeled and treated as Fact, and in truth it has not been 100% proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

Homo Sapien (humans) appear rather suddenly in the evolutionary time-line. Apparently living alongside Homo Erectus (the stage in human evolution said to be one step short of human think something like Cave-men) in ancient times.

Which of course is the basis of several arguments.

Answer 6

--IN ACTUALITY it is not even a theory, but a hypothesis,
--a theory has a potential workable premise evolution has not got one iota of factual science to have as a basis!

--Hypothetical construct(definition--
In scientific theory a hypothetical construct is an explanatory variable which is not directly observable. For example, the concepts of intelligence and motivation are used to explain phenomena in psychology, but neither is directly observable. A hypothetical construct differs from an intervening variable in that it has properties and implications which have not been demonstrated in empirical research. These serve as a guide to further research. An intervening variable is a summary of observed empirical findings."

--PLEASE NOTE the concern of the theory that has remained a theory for over 100 years:
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The New York Times summed up the situation by stating: “The field is in an uproar.” A well-informed scientist writes: “We admit there are gaping holes in the evidence for evolution. . . . Yes, evolution is only a theory. Believing in evolution, then, is an act of faith.”(the faith here described is the BLIND FAITH that religions who teach the trinity, hellfire, immortal soul advise belief in--NOT THE faith as the Bible describes:
(Hebrews 11:1) 11 Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld."

--SUCH CREDULITY OR blind faith neither belongs in the true sciences NOR true religion!

Answer 7

In science, a theory is a mathematical or logical explanation, or a testable model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise falsified through empirical observation. It follows from this that for scientists "theory" and "fact" do not necessarily stand in opposition. For example, it is a fact that an apple dropped on earth has been observed to fall towards the center of the planet, and the theories commonly used to describe and explain this behaviour are Newton's theory of universal gravitation and general relativity.

Answer 8

Because that's the highest status that science can give to such a large body of work and thought.

Some people think it could be elevated to a 'law', but that's just nor appropriate for something like Natural Selection.

Only in popular common speech is 'theory' taken to be a put-down.

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Answer 9

In scientific usage, a theory does not mean an unsubstantiated guess or hunch, as it can in everyday speech. A theory is a logically self-consistent model or framework for describing the behavior of a related set of natural or social phenomena. It originates from or is supported by experimental evidence (see scientific method). In this sense, a theory is a systematic and formalized expression of all previous observations which is predictive, logical and testable. In principle, scientific theories are always tentative, and subject to corrections or inclusion in a yet wider theory. Commonly, a large number of more specific hypotheses may be logically bound together by just one or two theories. As a general rule for use of the term, theories tend to deal with much broader sets of universals than do hypotheses, which ordinarily deal with much more specific sets of phenomena or specific applications of a theory.

Answer 10

It hasn't been "proved". You can't "prove" anything in science it can only be disproved. It has overwhelming evidence, which is HAS to have to be a theory. A theory isn't an educated guess. It has to be testable. You can't test a guess.
Gravity is still a theory too, does it make it any less true? You MUST understand the vocabulary of science in order to understand how it works.


Its a proven theory. If you REALLY want to know, read a biology book. It can clear a lot of this up for you.

Answer 11

A theory is the last stop on the scientific flow chart that starts with a hypothesis. Thus once a theory, it can't go anywhere but down (if falsified). You should probably look up what the term theory means, because it doesn't mean a guess, or hunch.