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Re: My God, you are an idiot.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
The problem is "theory" to the common Fox News viewer and "theory" in scientific discourse have far different meanings. To the dim trailer trash who are excited by imbeciles like Bachmann, theory is a negative descriptive. To a scientist, in context, it is a way of describing a process the evidence supporting the existence of which is so overwhelming Dawkins is justified in arguing the thing is beyond dispute when writing to a general audience.
To the unschooled, or willfully ignorant, general public who misunderstand and abuse "theory," evolution is properly categorized as "fact."
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Hank, are you OK? If you won't rise to this bait, something must be wrong.
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