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   From: Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/4/2025 12:25 AM, JTEM wrote:   
   > On 9/3/25 5:16 PM, Dawn Flood wrote:   
   >   
   >> The following is based upon established theory   
   >   
   > A theory is not a hypothesis. How many times do I have   
   > to explain this to you?   
   >   
   > Paleo anthropology is not a theory. It's not even a hypothesis.   
   >   
   > You do NOT understand these things.   
   >   
   > Posting random cites that you pretend to have read, much less   
   > understand, will never cut it.   
      
   I have read it, right here:   
      
   https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1886/science-and-creat   
   onism-a-view-from-the-national-academy-of   
      
   And, I am now copying & pasting from that:   
      
   SCIENCE AND CREATIONISM   
      
   Fact: In science, an observation that has been repeatedly confirmed and   
   for all practical purposes is accepted as “true.” Truth in science,   
   however, is never final, and what is accepted as a fact today may be   
   modified or even discarded tomorrow.   
      
   Hypothesis: A tentative statement about the natural world leading to   
   deductions that can be tested. If the deductions are verified, it   
   becomes more probable that the hypothesis is correct. If the deductions   
   are incorrect, the original hypothesis can be abandoned or modified.   
   Hypotheses can be used to build more complex inferences and explanations.   
      
   Law: A descriptive generalization about how some aspect of the natural   
   world behaves under stated circumstances.   
      
   Theory: In science, a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of   
   the natural world that can incorporate facts, laws, inferences, and   
   tested hypotheses.  The contention that evolution should be taught as a   
   “theory, not as a fact” confuses the common use of these words with the   
   scientific use. In science, theories do not turn into facts through the   
   accumulation of evidence. Rather, theories are the end points of   
   science.  They are understandings that develop from extensive   
   observation, experimentation, and creative reflection. They incorporate   
   a large body of scientific facts, laws, tested hypotheses, and logical   
   inferences. In this sense, evolution is one of the strongest and   
   most useful scientific theories we have.   
      
   End of Copying & Pasting   
      
   Dawn   
      
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