July 30, 2014
Evolution is just a theory? Scientific Theory is not “just” a theory. The definition of theory (Scientific vs layman’s). The Difference Between a Scientific Theory like Evolution and an everyday or general theory. The Fact and Theory of Evolution.

What is a Scientific Theory?

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Scientific_theory

http://www.livescience.com/21491-what-is-a-scientific-theory-definition-of-theory.html

http://evolution.about.com/od/Overview/g/What-Is-A-Scientific-Theory.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d80Lf76Ht18

Theory vs. Scientific Theory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gklQ3GbmufI

Science at multiple levels

http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0_0_0/howscienceworks_19

Scientific Hypothesis, Theory, Law Definitions

http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistry101/a/lawtheory.htm

Definitions of Fact, Theory, and Law in Scientific Work

http://ncse.com/evolution/education/definitions-fact-theory-law-scientific-work

http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-is-the-scientific-theory-definition-characteristics-example.html#lesson

http://science.kennesaw.edu/~rmatson/3380theory.html

http://ncse.com/evolution/education/theory-fact

“Just a Theory”: 7 Misused Science Words

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/just-a-theory-7-misused-science-words/

Theory (Scientific vs layman’s definition)

http://thinking-critically.com/2010/07/08/theory-scientific-vs-laymans-definition/

http://www.visionlearning.com/en/library/Process-of-Science/49/Theories-Hypotheses-and-Laws/177

http://oregonstate.edu/instruction/bb317/scientifictheories.html

http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/1122science7.html

What is a Scientific Law? Theory? Hypothesis?

http://evidence-based-science.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-is-scientific-law-theory.html

The Criteria for Science, Scientific Theories

http://atheism.about.com/od/philosophyofscience/tp/CriteriaScientificTheory.htm

Falsifiability

Falsifiability is the ability of a theory—a working framework for explaining and predicting natural phenomena—to be disproved by an experiment or observation. The ability to evaluate theories against observations is essential to the scientific method, and as such, the falsifiability of theories is key to this and is the prime test for whether a proposition or theory can be described as scientific.

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Falsifiability

What is a Law in Science?

http://www.livescience.com/21457-what-is-a-law-in-science-definition-of-scientific-law.html

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Is Evolution a Theory or a Fact?

It is both. But that answer requires looking more deeply at the meanings of the words “theory” and “fact.”

http://www.nas.edu/evolution/TheoryOrFact.html

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html

http://ncse.com/cej/8/1/theory-fact-evolution

You’ve been told that “evolution is just a theory”, a guess, a hunch, and not a fact, not proven. You’ve been misled. Keep reading, and in less than two minutes from now you’ll know that you’ve been misinformed. We’re not going to try and change your mind about evolution. We just want to point out that “it’s just a theory” is not a valid argument.

http://www.notjustatheory.com/

Claim CA201: Evolution is only a theory. It is not a fact.

http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CA/CA201.html

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A large part of the reason why Creationist arguments against evolution can sound so persuasive is because they don’t address evolution, but rather argue against a set of misunderstandings that people are right to consider ludicrous. The Creationists wrongly believe that their understanding of evolution is what the theory of evolution really says, and declare evolution banished. In fact, they haven’t even addressed the topic of evolution. (The situation isn’t helped by poor science education generally. Even most beginning college biology students don’t understand the theory of evolution.)

The five propositions below seem to be the most common misconceptions based on a Creationist straw-man version of evolution. If you hear anyone making any of them, chances are excellent that they don’t know enough about the real theory of evolution to make informed opinions about it.

1. Evolution has never been observed.

2. Evolution violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics.

3. There are no transitional fossils.

4. The theory of evolution says that life originated, and evolution proceeds, by random chance.

5. Evolution is only a theory; it hasn’t been proved.

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-misconceptions.html

10 Scientific Laws and Theories You Really Should Know

http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-experiments/10-scientific-laws-theories.htm

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Science and Scientific Theories vs. The Fraud of Religion; Exposing Creationist Charlatans and their Intelligent Design Lies, Causing a Pandemic of Scientific Illiteracy and Ignorance

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