Hockeymac18 said:
I'll agree with you on that. My comment above wasn't meant to convert people (and even if it was, it would be futile because most poeople that come into forums are set in their ways). I was merely trying to explain the current status of the Evolutionary theory as I feel there is some misunderstanding in here on what it currently is. But, like I said, people can believe whatever they want believe; I really don't care becasue it's their right to do so. However, if they wanted further clarification on what the Evolutionary theory states in today's scientific context, I wanted to help them understand it better. That is all, and like I said, I certainly agree with you. |
Well said Hockey. and even z64dan. However like Hockey I do believe in discussion about topics that people are stuck on. Especially when people are vocal about certain issues. I wouldn't say that it is a fruitless endevevour to debate. I wouldn't expect anyone to say err creationism is right or errrr evolution is right because of a post by someone on the internet, but people do debate and look up stuff sometimes a change of opinion or at least understanding comes about through a slow process of questioning and research sparked by debate.
The most important thing to me is that people try and at least understand what a theory is and that in science it takes a while to narrow down the correct model but as a theory evolution is a very complete theory with plenty of supporting evidence. In fact it is more of secure theory than Relativity or Quantam Mechanics both of which are pretty solid on their own rigth and have both produced results we use in everyday life. Are their points of Evolution which will eventualy prove to be outdated most likely yes but something else will replace what ever that facet was.
There is quite a bit of research going into unexpressed genes and their roles in evolution for example.
