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Old 10-13-2003, 04:38 PM   #11
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally posted by OnyxCougar



OK, I'll bite on that.

"The Theory is just scientists speculating on how to connect the dots. "

Speculation is not fact.

"The Theory is changing constantly as more and more dots are established. Quite often the dots change also, when new discoveries shown the conclusions of the past are invalid. "

Exactly. It's not fact, so the idea, The Theory is not fact.

So why present it as such?
Well like I said before, to me it was. Of course some of the "dots" I was taught have since been disproven, which is the nature of science. But, I was taught that too.
I think much of that has more to do with the teacher(s) rather than the textbook.
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