| Jumpin said: The whole idea of people saying "Evolution is just a theory" actually makes you look quite ignorant and uneducated. You are substituting in one definition for another because the word is the same; it's as silly as saying "Well, if people are so unhappy about being in the lower class, why don't they just drop out and take something else?" Scientific Theorem is an equation which is made up of laws and facts, it is NOT the same as "well, I have a theory that maybe if I buy her a box of candy that she will go on a date with me."
In Evolutionary theory, the fact that some species have survived with little change for hundreds of millions of years is largely due to the fact that they evolved into a creature that is highly successful. If a species remains highly successful with its current traits, then mutations won't necessarilly mean a more successful species that will eliminate the current one if the successful traits keep breeding on. Not all species that have successful branches evolve off of them will go extinct either; ferns are a good example of this, all gynosperm plants evolved from ferns (non-flowering plants, those that use pinecones, for example), and angiosperms (flowering plants) evolved from gymnosperms; while plants have proven to be better adapted to many environments, they have not been able to out-compete ferns in the environments which ferns can thrive in - in fact, the shady environments that trees provide are actually much more suitable for ferns than other species of plant. |
I used to have zero class, but then I went to college, and in my senior year I became an upper-classman. Now, nobody can say I have no class. I have several.
Great analogy. :D
It's comical isn't it.
