Re: [Phys-l] Global Evolution as fact

[William Robertson <wrobert9@ix.netcom.com>]

Actually, I have no problem with stating that atomic theory is not a  
fact. It is not "just" a theory, just as evolution is not "just" a  
theory, but it's a theory.

Bill


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On Jan 9, 2011, at 5:18 AM, Brian Blais wrote:

> Perhaps you'd understand the reason for responses to you with an  
> analogy which might appeal to your physics knowledge.  Imagine that  
> there was a group of people who would make statements like, "Atomic  
> theory is just a theory not a fact", "You may have seen a couple of  
> atoms in the lab, but you've never showed that a table is made of  
> atoms", and "there is no way that things as different as wood,  
> people, air, and water could simply be made up of atoms from a few  
> 'elements'".