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Skewed views of science

A look at the pitfalls of arguing against science from incomprehension or emotion.  
 
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QualiaSoup (6 days ago) Show Hide
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"a theory isn't always facts put together."

Evolution is both a fact *and* scientific theory (as defined already in the video).

"in evolution theory the world is round and gravity is 9.8m/s"

RenegadeMaster07, The roundness of the Earth and the values of gravity have absolutely *nothing* to do with Evolutionary Theory. Again, you demonstrate that you know nothing of what you're talking about. You're doing exactly what this video is discouraging: arguing from a position of ignorance.
Adventfred (5 days ago) Show Hide
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agreed thats for the backup soemtimes i dont like to argue with ignornat people
QualiaSoup (5 days ago) Show Hide
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Cheers, Adventfred. It's often like talking into a dead phone isn't it...
RenegadeMaster07 (4 days ago) Show Hide
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i never said once that gravity or the earth had anything to do with it. i was just providing 2 things that could not be debated either for or against the theory.

As with the Adam and Eve thing, i made that mistake because it is a friend of mind who has done alot of resarch into this. I was mixed up i apologise for getting the names wrong.

However, what i am sayin, is its an interesting choice of names thats all.

and alot of people accept evolution without resarch, so it works both ways.
QualiaSoup (4 days ago) Show Hide
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"i never said once that gravity or the earth had anything to do with it."

RenegadeMaster07, you said those things were true *in evolution theory*. If that's not what you meant to say, then you need to take greater care expressing yourself.

"with the Adam and Eve thing, i made that mistake"

Thank you for acknowledging that.

"its an interesting choice of names"

To some, maybe. But not significant to any argument against evolution or for creationism, contrary to what some try to suggest.
RenegadeMaster07 (4 days ago) Show Hide
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yeh i dont think that disproves evolution at all. i just think there are alot of names out there. and thats the 2 they went for. lol
frezzyfree101 (3 days ago) Show Hide
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to the science world dose theory=fact because i can't even imagine what could possibly be actual proof of the big bang
TheProphetless (6 hours ago) Show Hide
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@Frezzy
In science, "theory" describes/explains facts.
For example:
Observed Fact = Living things evolve.
Explanation of why = Evolutionary theory (which includes mutation, natural selection, genetic drift, etc.)

As for the Big bang:
Observed Fact = Red shift, CMB (cosmic microwave background radiation), The abundance of Hydrogen and Helium, etc.
Explanation of why = Big Bang Theory.

Another example:
Observed Fact = The earth is a sphere.
Explanation of why = Gravitational Theory.
QualiaSoup (6 days ago) Show Hide
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"the human race has also been tracked back to mitrochondrial Eve, and mitrochondrial Adam."

Wrong, RenegadeMaster. It's 'Y-chromosomal Adam' actually, and 'mitOchondrial (not 'mitROchondrial) Eve'. And before you try, dishonestly, to exploit these epithets - as so many theists of lesser intergrity do - these two creatures lived tens of thousands of years apart.

So if you accept that the human race has been tracked back to them, it contradicts the accounts of their biblical counterparts.
QualiaSoup (6 days ago) Show Hide
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"says that not accepting evolution means that medical care wouldnt' exist"

Wrong, RenegadeMaster07. I said the medical treatments people take for granted wouldn't exist without *science*. Get your facts straight.

"Medical care has nothing to do with ... evolutionary theory"

Wrong. Evolutionary Theory informs medical care in many direct ways. It underpins our understanding of all biology.

"Evolution can only lose information ..."

This demonstrates you don't know what you're talking about.

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