Re: Evolution as fact

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Mr E wrote

>At 03:14 PM 03/06/96 -0330, Adrian Tanner wrote:
>
>>Evolution is such a law, rather than a fact, isn't it?
>
>Nope, that's why there so much debate ... see nobody's debating the Law of
>Gravity.
>

Except among some followers of TM, who believe in levitation.

My point was about terminology. Not being an expert on the evidence for
evolution, I would be quite happy to call it to a theory. I just don't think
it can be correctly called a fact, no matter how much convincing evidence
there is for it.

Adrian Tanner, Dept of Anthropology, Memorial University, St John's,
Newfoundland, Canada. A1C 5S7. email atanner@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Tel 709 737
8868 fax 737 8686

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