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Then they don't understand evolution. Theory's explain facts. That is the reason we have the theory of evolution. It is explaining evolution Lol. They go together
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  • Theories explain observations, not facts. An observation is something like "this organism's genetic code is different from that of its ancestor." There is no "fact" of evolution. There is only a theory, which is humanity's best guess at explaining how life came to reach its current state

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  • Edited by IamPluto: 3/18/2015 5:34:32 PM
    [quote]this organism's genetic code is different from that of its ancestor."[/quote] That would be the fact that's being observed.

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  • Yes. But that observation is not evolution. That observation is exactly what is observed, no more, no less

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  • That fact that is being observed, is what we call evolution. Gravity. Can be observed. Drop a pen and watch it "fall". That action is called gravity. The theory of gravity explains why/how that happens.

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  • Not quite. That fact is an observation. Evolution would be the proposed process by which it happens. To use your example, the observation would be "things move towards objects with mass", not gravity, which is the proposed force that makes this event happen

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  • No the theory of evolution would be the process by which it happens.

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  • Evolution, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is "the process by which changes in plants and animals happen over time"

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  • [quote]"the process by which changes in plants and animals happen over time"[/quote] Have I not been staying that? That is evolution. It is an observed fact. How it happens is explain by the theory of evolution. The theory explains that process..

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  • No, you've been saying that observed differences in genetics when compared to previous generations is evolution. That is what is observable, and is not the process itself, which [i]is[/i] in essence the theory

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  • ... What does this theory explain?

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