Sunday, October 4, 2009

A Very Loose Definition of 'Fact'


Hey, pro-evolution-anti-creationism guys! Comparing the scientific theory of evolution to the scientific fact of gravity and other such 1+1=2 observable phenomena is not an equitable comparison! Stop it!

Gravity can be proven by jumping out of a ten story window, therefore it is an indisputable fact. Evolution is just the best guess from very smart people who have done a lot of research on very little and incomplete evidence. Evolution is not something that is directly observable like gravity is. We would need a time machine in order to do so.

Okay, now you pro-creationism-anti-evolution guys, don't you dare even think about for one minute to use this argument in your defense! Trust me, scientists are way smarter than you. Most people are way smarter than you! So if I were you I would just leave it alone. This wasn't even an anti-evolution argument but I know you guys really don't care about such things because you guys don't even really care what your most holy book really says about anything.

For me, there are two types of 'facts'. The 1st are 'actual facts' such as gravity or that water is wet. In other words you would have a very hard time convincing even the most dim-witted of us that these are not actual facts! The 2nd kind are 'tentative facts' which are facts that are facts until other evidence comes about to prove otherwise. Stuff that is not directly observable in real-time with our 5 senses. Stuff like evolution and that eggs are bad for you (or is that they are good for you?).