Reply to Re: SkeleTony
If you don't have an account, just leave the password field blank.
Kris:
re: Theories
I will use an analogy to try and explain the scientific usage of this term to you.
You possess a computer, no?
You also have access to books and manuals on computer engineering(public library etc.), correct?
To put this in a scientific context, your computer is an existent 'thing'. It is absolutely NOT a theory but it is a real, verifiable entity.
A manual on computer engineering would be the "theory" here. The manual will NEVER "become a computer" and that manual will continually revised over time as new data becomes available to the authors.
Do you see the difference? THAT is the scientific usage of this term. The theory of evolution by Natural Selection is a mechanistic explanation of how organisms biologically diversify.
re: Theories
I will use an analogy to try and explain the scientific usage of this term to you.
You possess a computer, no?
You also have access to books and manuals on computer engineering(public library etc.), correct?
To put this in a scientific context, your computer is an existent 'thing'. It is absolutely NOT a theory but it is a real, verifiable entity.
A manual on computer engineering would be the "theory" here. The manual will NEVER "become a computer" and that manual will continually revised over time as new data becomes available to the authors.
Do you see the difference? THAT is the scientific usage of this term. The theory of evolution by Natural Selection is a mechanistic explanation of how organisms biologically diversify.
![Agatha Smallwood's Will - The Shovel in action :]](/screenshots/agatha_smallwoods_will_428p.jpg "Agatha Smallwood's Will - The Shovel in action :]")