Do majority of Republicans think Theory of Evolution is a fact ?

[Freewill]

Maybe you could explain your question. The definition of theory is:
Definition of theory

1 : a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena

• the wave theory of light

The definition of fact is: a thing that is indisputably the case

Definition of plausible: (of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable

So using those definitions, your question then becomes an Oxymoron: definition: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true).

As can be seen the theory of evolution is not fact, but could be fact.

So EVERYONE would need to answer your question, "accept the theory of evolution as fact?" with the answer no. Your real question should be, do Republicans accept the theory of evolution as the most plausible explanation for the rise of man, or variety of the animals?

Plausible thus becomes the sticking point but to be honest to substitute fact for plausible seems to me to be a mistake. Or, it is not a mistake, it is a way that people word things to make their point seem more valid. I get from you question, you are actually asking, do Republicans accept the FACT of evolution, or are they a bunch of dumbasses? Again the oxymoron of accepting theory as actual fact.

Then we can get started on micro and macro evolution. It is pretty easy to see micro evolution. But in fact, micro evolution is merely adaptation, survival of the fittest. If the environment changes the animal usually dies, or adapts trait that allows the animal to live, but they stay the same animal with different traits. Those animals that can't adapt die as we have seen from the fossil record.

Macro evolution, where one animal turns into another completely different animal is harder to find the facts to support. Could be just a case of plausibility. In my opinion the fossil record does not support macro evolution. I am far from an expert but I do not see evidence of animals with 1/2 a developed eye. Or do I fully understand why an Ape, or whatever was the common ancestor to man, would move out of the habitat and develop into man. Usually migration of animals is based on pressure from things like availability of food. That would not seem to be the case in the migration of man out of Africa. Or maybe it is like spilling paint and man just grew out of Africa.

Which now gets us into the problem of evolution, did it stop? If man evolved from earlier man in Africa does that mean those in Africa are less evolved? (Africa used as a general term for the origin of man wherever that actually may have occurred.)

The polar bears, global warming isn't happening fast it is happening rather slowly over a period of time. So why have the polar bears not evolved to live in the changing habitat? If evolution theory is accepted as fact, wrongly, then it is the natural course of events for the polar bear to go extinct if it can not adapt or evolve. Who are we, as mere men, to get in the way of nature?

For me the plausibility of the rise of life from non life is not explained by the theory of evolution. There is absolutely no evidence of life starting from non-life. Considering the complexity of the human body it is more plausible to me that life didn't start by a remarkable set of chances all occurring when there was no reason for them to occur. i.e. a single cell evolving into two cells. Let alone DNA happening by chance, adaptation or random selection. Too complicated to believe we happened by chance.

So there really is only one plausible answer to the rise of man, one that since the dawn of man, has been believed.

Ever notice how Creationists never defend creationism, they can only attempt to attack evolution. 100% of the time, creation cannot meet the high standards they impose on evolution.

Did I attack evolution? I don't believe I did. Do you think that the OP was attacking with his post?

What high expectation placed on evolution? By whom? By those who make the implied claim that evolution is an explanation to how life was created in the first place? Evolution theory never makes that claim because it can't.

I think, therefor I am, therefor I was created. Pretty simple.

 

[Norman]

Darwin's theory is just that...a theory. He also got gemmules and inherited traits wrong. That and trace fossils which lack apparent sequential transition. That doesn't counteract adapting and overcoming though

Next, ignorant morons like you will argue that GRAVITY is ALSO a leftist theory.....LOL
......

Who said anything about evolution being a leftist theory you fucking moron..


A theory is just that a theory

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?


I will wait

Gravity is not a theory, it's a force. And it's also a fact.

 

[SavannahMann]

When something is factual, it is not called a Theory. A theory says that we understand it this much, but we might be wrong, and there is a lot of room for improvement.

Theory of Relativity. Einstein at his greatest. Brilliant. But it was, and is incomplete. It took decades to start to refine the theory. Scientists are always refining this “theory” to take into account new information that tweaks it a tiny bit. The basic truth still remains, and it appears to say nothing can travel faster than light. Except.....

Miguel Alcubierre came up with a way of tricking that and going faster than light. It is improbable but not impossible.

Experiments have shown that Quantum Entanglement can cause information to go faster than light.

Oh and Neutrino’s can travel faster than light. They might be Tachyons which refuse to go at a mere light speed. Finding faster-than-light particles by weighing them

So the Theory is basically sound, sort of.

The Laws of Gravity. We still call them laws, because they are absolute. Special Relativity helped us understand how this really worked. It refined the laws so to speak.

Laws of motion. We called a lot of things laws. As we increased our knowledge, these laws despite keeping their name, became more of a general guideline, a theory.

Fact. The earth is solid. Well. Yes, sort of. It turns out that there is a lot of empty space in an atom. Take a BB. Place the BB on the pitchers mound of a baseball stadium. By comparison the mass of an atom, is about that size. One tiny little molecule at the center, and miles of open space around it.

The Gold Foil Experiment

Alpha Particles passed through gold foil. Very few bounced off the gold foil, so must of the solid gold was in fact, empty space. Minuscule and smaller than we can see, but we know it don’t we? So solid ground, isn’t all that solid.

Life on Earth. Was it started by accident? A few chemicals mixed and formed the first amino acids? We haven’t been able to recreate that in a laboratory. It’s one theory. Was it the act of an alien species? Did Life hitch a ride on a comet? Was it an accident, or intentional seeding of the planet with the building blocks of life by some alien catastrophe or intentional flinging of life into the universe? Was one of these divine intervention?

The Theory of Evolution is constantly undergoing massive adjustments. We learn something new, and we have to go back and start practically all over again. About the only thing we keep is “And then this life became man.”

So what facts are you talking about? If you go by Charles Darwin, you have already lost. Much of his theory was overtaken by discoveries. What theory are you a subscriber to? Chances are there is at least one scientist who has rejected that theory in favor of another that they personally consider more likely.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Darwin's theory is just that...a theory. He also got gemmules and inherited traits wrong. That and trace fossils which lack apparent sequential transition. That doesn't counteract adapting and overcoming though

Next, ignorant morons like you will argue that GRAVITY is ALSO a leftist theory.....LOL
......

Who said anything about evolution being a leftist theory you fucking moron..


A theory is just that a theory

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?


I will wait

Gravity is not a theory, it's a force. And it's also a fact.

Prove it...

 

[Norman]

Darwin's theory is just that...a theory. He also got gemmules and inherited traits wrong. That and trace fossils which lack apparent sequential transition. That doesn't counteract adapting and overcoming though

Next, ignorant morons like you will argue that GRAVITY is ALSO a leftist theory.....LOL
......

Who said anything about evolution being a leftist theory you fucking moron..


A theory is just that a theory

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?


I will wait

Gravity is not a theory, it's a force. And it's also a fact.

Prove it...

How many times will I have to drop a rock and see it fall for you to believe in it?

I don't think I need to prove it - you already believe it to be a fact. Or do you often exit your home thinking you might fall upside down any minute? If you do, then god help you.

 

[Cellblock2429]

I wonder about that question, especially does Donald Trump think evolution is a fact ?

A few days ago I've read that article and I thought it has exaggerated opinions about Republicans but sometimes I agree with that. You can look that article here:

Republicans

/----/ I do know for a fact that the once mighty Democrat Party evolved in to a whiny, hate filled bunch of deranged socialist lunatics. It's settled science.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Darwin's theory is just that...a theory. He also got gemmules and inherited traits wrong. That and trace fossils which lack apparent sequential transition. That doesn't counteract adapting and overcoming though

Next, ignorant morons like you will argue that GRAVITY is ALSO a leftist theory.....LOL
......

Who said anything about evolution being a leftist theory you fucking moron..


A theory is just that a theory

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?


I will wait

Gravity is not a theory, it's a force. And it's also a fact.

Prove it...

How many times will I have to drop a rock and see it fall for you to believe in it?

I don't think I need to prove it - you already believe it to be a fact. Or do you often exit your home thinking you might fall upside down any minute? If you do, then god help you.

That's not proof....




Gravity: It's Only a Theory

[Textbook disclaimers are down, but not out. This satirical look at "only a theory" disclaimers imagines what might happen if advocates applied the same logic to the theory of gravitation that they do to the theory of evolution.]

All physics textbook should include this warning label:

This textbook contains material on Gravity. Universal Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding the natural law of attraction. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
The Universal Theory of Gravity is often taught in schools as a fact, when in fact it is not even a good theory.

First of all, no one has measured gravity for every atom and every star. It is simply a religious belief that it is "universal".

Secondly, school textbooks routinely make false statements. For example, "the moon goes around the earth." If the theory of gravity were true, it would show that the sun's gravitational force on the moon is much stronger than the earth's gravitational force on the moon, so the moon would go around the sun. Anybody can look up at night and see the obvious gaps in gravity theory

 

[Norman]

Next, ignorant morons like you will argue that GRAVITY is ALSO a leftist theory.....LOL
......

Who said anything about evolution being a leftist theory you fucking moron..


A theory is just that a theory

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?


I will wait

Gravity is not a theory, it's a force. And it's also a fact.

Prove it...

How many times will I have to drop a rock and see it fall for you to believe in it?

I don't think I need to prove it - you already believe it to be a fact. Or do you often exit your home thinking you might fall upside down any minute? If you do, then god help you.

That's not proof....




Gravity: It's Only a Theory

[Textbook disclaimers are down, but not out. This satirical look at "only a theory" disclaimers imagines what might happen if advocates applied the same logic to the theory of gravitation that they do to the theory of evolution.]

All physics textbook should include this warning label:

This textbook contains material on Gravity. Universal Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding the natural law of attraction. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
The Universal Theory of Gravity is often taught in schools as a fact, when in fact it is not even a good theory.

First of all, no one has measured gravity for every atom and every star. It is simply a religious belief that it is "universal".

Secondly, school textbooks routinely make false statements. For example, "the moon goes around the earth." If the theory of gravity were true, it would show that the sun's gravitational force on the moon is much stronger than the earth's gravitational force on the moon, so the moon would go around the sun. Anybody can look up at night and see the obvious gaps in gravity theory

Again, Gravity is not a theory, it's a force that is accepted to be a fact by any reasonable person. I am sure even you accept it to be so.

There is no proof, because of the problem of induction. No matter how many times I drop the apple and see it drop down, it's still impossible to say that it won't fall up the next time. Yet, well this is a sort of retard test. I have yet to see anyone fail it and believe they are going to fall upside down when exiting their homes on the morning.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Who said anything about evolution being a leftist theory you fucking moron..


A theory is just that a theory

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?


I will wait

Gravity is not a theory, it's a force. And it's also a fact.

Prove it...

How many times will I have to drop a rock and see it fall for you to believe in it?

I don't think I need to prove it - you already believe it to be a fact. Or do you often exit your home thinking you might fall upside down any minute? If you do, then god help you.

That's not proof....




Gravity: It's Only a Theory

[Textbook disclaimers are down, but not out. This satirical look at "only a theory" disclaimers imagines what might happen if advocates applied the same logic to the theory of gravitation that they do to the theory of evolution.]

All physics textbook should include this warning label:

This textbook contains material on Gravity. Universal Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding the natural law of attraction. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
The Universal Theory of Gravity is often taught in schools as a fact, when in fact it is not even a good theory.

First of all, no one has measured gravity for every atom and every star. It is simply a religious belief that it is "universal".

Secondly, school textbooks routinely make false statements. For example, "the moon goes around the earth." If the theory of gravity were true, it would show that the sun's gravitational force on the moon is much stronger than the earth's gravitational force on the moon, so the moon would go around the sun. Anybody can look up at night and see the obvious gaps in gravity theory

Again, Gravity is not a theory, it's a force that is accepted to be a fact by any reasonable person. I am sure even you accept it to be so.

There is no proof, because of the problem of induction. No matter how many times I drop the apple and see it drop down, it's still impossible to say that it won't fall up the next time. Yet, well this is a sort of retard test. I have yet to see anyone fail it and believe they are going to fall upside down when exiting their homes on the morning.

/----/ Then there is artificial gravity....

 

[Freewill]

Darwin's theory is just that...a theory. He also got gemmules and inherited traits wrong. That and trace fossils which lack apparent sequential transition. That doesn't counteract adapting and overcoming though

Next, ignorant morons like you will argue that GRAVITY is ALSO a leftist theory.....LOL
......

Who said anything about evolution being a leftist theory you fucking moron..


A theory is just that a theory

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?


I will wait

Gravity is not a theory.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Who said anything about evolution being a leftist theory you fucking moron..


A theory is just that a theory

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?


I will wait

Gravity is not a theory, it's a force. And it's also a fact.

Prove it...

How many times will I have to drop a rock and see it fall for you to believe in it?

I don't think I need to prove it - you already believe it to be a fact. Or do you often exit your home thinking you might fall upside down any minute? If you do, then god help you.

That's not proof....




Gravity: It's Only a Theory

[Textbook disclaimers are down, but not out. This satirical look at "only a theory" disclaimers imagines what might happen if advocates applied the same logic to the theory of gravitation that they do to the theory of evolution.]

All physics textbook should include this warning label:

This textbook contains material on Gravity. Universal Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding the natural law of attraction. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
The Universal Theory of Gravity is often taught in schools as a fact, when in fact it is not even a good theory.

First of all, no one has measured gravity for every atom and every star. It is simply a religious belief that it is "universal".

Secondly, school textbooks routinely make false statements. For example, "the moon goes around the earth." If the theory of gravity were true, it would show that the sun's gravitational force on the moon is much stronger than the earth's gravitational force on the moon, so the moon would go around the sun. Anybody can look up at night and see the obvious gaps in gravity theory

Again, Gravity is not a theory, it's a force that is accepted to be a fact by any reasonable person. I am sure even you accept it to be so.

There is no proof, because of the problem of induction. No matter how many times I drop the apple and see it drop down, it's still impossible to say that it won't fall up the next time. Yet, well this is a sort of retard test. I have yet to see anyone fail it and believe they are going to fall upside down when exiting their homes on the morning.

Again it's only a theory prove it to be a fact, your just using a belief system here

 

[Norman]

Gravity is not a theory, it's a force. And it's also a fact.

Prove it...

How many times will I have to drop a rock and see it fall for you to believe in it?

I don't think I need to prove it - you already believe it to be a fact. Or do you often exit your home thinking you might fall upside down any minute? If you do, then god help you.

That's not proof....




Gravity: It's Only a Theory

[Textbook disclaimers are down, but not out. This satirical look at "only a theory" disclaimers imagines what might happen if advocates applied the same logic to the theory of gravitation that they do to the theory of evolution.]

All physics textbook should include this warning label:

This textbook contains material on Gravity. Universal Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding the natural law of attraction. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
The Universal Theory of Gravity is often taught in schools as a fact, when in fact it is not even a good theory.

First of all, no one has measured gravity for every atom and every star. It is simply a religious belief that it is "universal".

Secondly, school textbooks routinely make false statements. For example, "the moon goes around the earth." If the theory of gravity were true, it would show that the sun's gravitational force on the moon is much stronger than the earth's gravitational force on the moon, so the moon would go around the sun. Anybody can look up at night and see the obvious gaps in gravity theory

Again, Gravity is not a theory, it's a force that is accepted to be a fact by any reasonable person. I am sure even you accept it to be so.

There is no proof, because of the problem of induction. No matter how many times I drop the apple and see it drop down, it's still impossible to say that it won't fall up the next time. Yet, well this is a sort of retard test. I have yet to see anyone fail it and believe they are going to fall upside down when exiting their homes on the morning.

Again it's only a theory prove it to be a fact, your just using a belief system here

Gravity is NOT a theory, and you can't prove theories to be facts anyway.

Gravity however is a fact. You can verify it yourself right now. I am still not flying...

 

[BluesLegend]

Who said anything about evolution being a leftist theory you fucking moron..


A theory is just that a theory

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?


I will wait

Gravity is not a theory, it's a force. And it's also a fact.

Prove it...

How many times will I have to drop a rock and see it fall for you to believe in it?

I don't think I need to prove it - you already believe it to be a fact. Or do you often exit your home thinking you might fall upside down any minute? If you do, then god help you.

That's not proof....




Gravity: It's Only a Theory

[Textbook disclaimers are down, but not out. This satirical look at "only a theory" disclaimers imagines what might happen if advocates applied the same logic to the theory of gravitation that they do to the theory of evolution.]

All physics textbook should include this warning label:

This textbook contains material on Gravity. Universal Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding the natural law of attraction. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
The Universal Theory of Gravity is often taught in schools as a fact, when in fact it is not even a good theory.

First of all, no one has measured gravity for every atom and every star. It is simply a religious belief that it is "universal".

Secondly, school textbooks routinely make false statements. For example, "the moon goes around the earth." If the theory of gravity were true, it would show that the sun's gravitational force on the moon is much stronger than the earth's gravitational force on the moon, so the moon would go around the sun. Anybody can look up at night and see the obvious gaps in gravity theory

Again, Gravity is not a theory, it's a force that is accepted to be a fact by any reasonable person. I am sure even you accept it to be so.

There is no proof, because of the problem of induction. No matter how many times I drop the apple and see it drop down, it's still impossible to say that it won't fall up the next time. Yet, well this is a sort of retard test. I have yet to see anyone fail it and believe they are going to fall upside down when exiting their homes on the morning.

Except that scientists were forced to invent dark energy and dark matter, dark meaning we don't know what the hell it is, in order to explain gravitational observations that were the complete opposite of what they predicted.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Darwin's theory is just that...a theory. He also got gemmules and inherited traits wrong. That and trace fossils which lack apparent sequential transition. That doesn't counteract adapting and overcoming though

Next, ignorant morons like you will argue that GRAVITY is ALSO a leftist theory.....LOL
......

Who said anything about evolution being a leftist theory you fucking moron..


A theory is just that a theory

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?


I will wait

Gravity is not a theory.

Lol yes it is, boy we have a lot of indoctrinated kids here

Prove it to be a fact win a Nobel prize

 

[Wyatt earp]

Prove it...

How many times will I have to drop a rock and see it fall for you to believe in it?

I don't think I need to prove it - you already believe it to be a fact. Or do you often exit your home thinking you might fall upside down any minute? If you do, then god help you.

That's not proof....




Gravity: It's Only a Theory

[Textbook disclaimers are down, but not out. This satirical look at "only a theory" disclaimers imagines what might happen if advocates applied the same logic to the theory of gravitation that they do to the theory of evolution.]

All physics textbook should include this warning label:

This textbook contains material on Gravity. Universal Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding the natural law of attraction. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
The Universal Theory of Gravity is often taught in schools as a fact, when in fact it is not even a good theory.

First of all, no one has measured gravity for every atom and every star. It is simply a religious belief that it is "universal".

Secondly, school textbooks routinely make false statements. For example, "the moon goes around the earth." If the theory of gravity were true, it would show that the sun's gravitational force on the moon is much stronger than the earth's gravitational force on the moon, so the moon would go around the sun. Anybody can look up at night and see the obvious gaps in gravity theory

Again, Gravity is not a theory, it's a force that is accepted to be a fact by any reasonable person. I am sure even you accept it to be so.

There is no proof, because of the problem of induction. No matter how many times I drop the apple and see it drop down, it's still impossible to say that it won't fall up the next time. Yet, well this is a sort of retard test. I have yet to see anyone fail it and believe they are going to fall upside down when exiting their homes on the morning.

Again it's only a theory prove it to be a fact, your just using a belief system here

Gravity is NOT a theory, and you can't prove theories to be facts anyway.

Gravity however is a fact. You can verify it yourself right now. I am still not flying...

Go to the moon and write that ...

 

[Norman]

How many times will I have to drop a rock and see it fall for you to believe in it?

I don't think I need to prove it - you already believe it to be a fact. Or do you often exit your home thinking you might fall upside down any minute? If you do, then god help you.

That's not proof....




Gravity: It's Only a Theory

[Textbook disclaimers are down, but not out. This satirical look at "only a theory" disclaimers imagines what might happen if advocates applied the same logic to the theory of gravitation that they do to the theory of evolution.]

All physics textbook should include this warning label:

This textbook contains material on Gravity. Universal Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding the natural law of attraction. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
The Universal Theory of Gravity is often taught in schools as a fact, when in fact it is not even a good theory.

First of all, no one has measured gravity for every atom and every star. It is simply a religious belief that it is "universal".

Secondly, school textbooks routinely make false statements. For example, "the moon goes around the earth." If the theory of gravity were true, it would show that the sun's gravitational force on the moon is much stronger than the earth's gravitational force on the moon, so the moon would go around the sun. Anybody can look up at night and see the obvious gaps in gravity theory

Again, Gravity is not a theory, it's a force that is accepted to be a fact by any reasonable person. I am sure even you accept it to be so.

There is no proof, because of the problem of induction. No matter how many times I drop the apple and see it drop down, it's still impossible to say that it won't fall up the next time. Yet, well this is a sort of retard test. I have yet to see anyone fail it and believe they are going to fall upside down when exiting their homes on the morning.

Again it's only a theory prove it to be a fact, your just using a belief system here

Gravity is NOT a theory, and you can't prove theories to be facts anyway.

Gravity however is a fact. You can verify it yourself right now. I am still not flying...

Go to the moon and write that ...

if you deny that gravity exists you have to be delusional. I don't believe so, as is evident from your actual actions.

 

[Freewill]

Darwin's theory is just that...a theory. He also got gemmules and inherited traits wrong. That and trace fossils which lack apparent sequential transition. That doesn't counteract adapting and overcoming though

Next, ignorant morons like you will argue that GRAVITY is ALSO a leftist theory.....LOL
......

Who said anything about evolution being a leftist theory you fucking moron..


A theory is just that a theory

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?


I will wait

Gravity is not a theory.

Lol yes it is, boy we have a lot of indoctrinated kids here

Prove it to be a fact win a Nobel prize

It has already been proven, I assume you are talking about gravitational force.

Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation is used to explain gravitational force. This law states that every massive particle in the universe attracts every other massive particle with a force which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

 

[percysunshine]

I wonder about that question, especially does Donald Trump think evolution is a fact ?

A few days ago I've read that article and I thought it has exaggerated opinions about Republicans but sometimes I agree with that. You can look that article here:

Republicans

Did you graduate from middle school?

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Of course the Theory of Evolution is a fact; it's existential. It exists and anyone can read it and everything and all manners of things supporting/about it, and one can read it in all its vast detail or read a brief summary of it (though doing the latter hardly positions one to refute it). It doesn't matter whether one accepts it as an accurate depiction of how life evolved/evolves.

• Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life
  
• The Mathematics of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution: 1859 and 150 Years Later
  
• Mathematical Theory of Evolution
  
• Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection and Its Moral Purpose
  
• Evidence Supporting Biological Evolution (this is a summary)
  
• A brief guide to Darwin’s theory of natural selection (evolution)
  
• Brief Introduction to Evolutionary Theory
• A Theory of Evolution Above the Species Level
  
• Role of microorganisms in the evolution of animals and plants: the hologenome theory of evolution
  
• Beyond DNA: integrating inclusive inheritance into an extended theory of evolution
  
• Testing the theory of evolution by comparing phylogenetic trees constructed from five different protein sequences
  
• Hermann Joseph Muller's Study of X-rays as a Mutagen

To be sure, the Theory of Evolution as Darwin presented it has itself been refined since Darwin's day; thus merely reading On the Origin of Species isn't going to do the trick, as it were, for making one fully informed on the matter.

How Darwin envisioned evolution

The Integral Model of Evolution (the most recent refinement of the idea)

I wonder about that question, especially does Donald Trump think evolution is a fact ?

As for what Republicans think about the Theory of Evolution, well, I have no way to say credibly what they think. For all I know, they perceive it to be every bit as linear a thing as Darwin did. Hell, I don't know even whether most of them who'd refute it's validity have even read so much as the documents cited above, to say nothing of many or most of the myriad others that support (scientifically and with sound reasoning, not merely judgmentally) the Theory, so as to position themselves to be in legitimate mental state of comprehensive understanding about it to in turn refute it. Moreover, I don't know whether Republicans on the whole are fully aware of how the Scientific Method works.

As for what Trump thinks about the Theory of Evolution, well, I'll just say that as goes math and science (natural or social), the guy doesn't strike me as being anything even close to a prolific reader of rigorously developed content pertaining to those disciplines. But for his being POTUS, nobody would care what he thinks or might have to say about the Theory of Evolution. That he is POTUS doesn't make what he has to say any more meritorious; however, his being so can make his statements ominous, depending on what he says.

Evolution is a theory...not a good one but nonetheless...a theory. It's not a fact because the theory has many holes and a lot of missing fossils.

 

[nat4900]

And gravity is also a theory ...prove it to be fact?

Is that why your undies have your gonads are above your belly button???

 

[usmbguest5318]

Of course the Theory of Evolution is a fact; it's existential. It exists and anyone can read it and everything and all manners of things supporting/about it, and one can read it in all its vast detail or read a brief summary of it (though doing the latter hardly positions one to refute it). It doesn't matter whether one accepts it as an accurate depiction of how life evolved/evolves.

• Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life
  
• The Mathematics of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution: 1859 and 150 Years Later
  
• Mathematical Theory of Evolution
  
• Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection and Its Moral Purpose
  
• Evidence Supporting Biological Evolution (this is a summary)
  
• A brief guide to Darwin’s theory of natural selection (evolution)
  
• Brief Introduction to Evolutionary Theory
• A Theory of Evolution Above the Species Level
  
• Role of microorganisms in the evolution of animals and plants: the hologenome theory of evolution
  
• Beyond DNA: integrating inclusive inheritance into an extended theory of evolution
  
• Testing the theory of evolution by comparing phylogenetic trees constructed from five different protein sequences
  
• Hermann Joseph Muller's Study of X-rays as a Mutagen

To be sure, the Theory of Evolution as Darwin presented it has itself been refined since Darwin's day; thus merely reading On the Origin of Species isn't going to do the trick, as it were, for making one fully informed on the matter.

How Darwin envisioned evolution

The Integral Model of Evolution (the most recent refinement of the idea)

I wonder about that question, especially does Donald Trump think evolution is a fact ?

As for what Republicans think about the Theory of Evolution, well, I have no way to say credibly what they think. For all I know, they perceive it to be every bit as linear a thing as Darwin did. Hell, I don't know even whether most of them who'd refute it's validity have even read so much as the documents cited above, to say nothing of many or most of the myriad others that support (scientifically and with sound reasoning, not merely judgmentally) the Theory, so as to position themselves to be in legitimate mental state of comprehensive understanding about it to in turn refute it. Moreover, I don't know whether Republicans on the whole are fully aware of how the Scientific Method works.

As for what Trump thinks about the Theory of Evolution, well, I'll just say that as goes math and science (natural or social), the guy doesn't strike me as being anything even close to a prolific reader of rigorously developed content pertaining to those disciplines. But for his being POTUS, nobody would care what he thinks or might have to say about the Theory of Evolution. That he is POTUS doesn't make what he has to say any more meritorious; however, his being so can make his statements ominous, depending on what he says.

Evolution is a theory...not a good one but nonetheless...a theory. It's not a fact because the theory has many holes and a lot of missing fossils.

I wondered how long it'd take for someone to make that insipid remark. Now I know how long.

• "Just a Theory": 7 Misused Science Words
  
• The Scientific Method: Hypothesis to Theory
  
• What Is a Scientific Theory?
• Overview of the Research Process