amaranth_dru said:
1. Teaching Theory as fact is wrong. Until a theory is proven incontrovertibly, it cannot be a Scientific fact or law. Evolution is still theoretical. Not saying its bullshit, but the fact that we don't understand it fully, cannot comprehend it nor prove that the theories behind it actually happened exactly that way, cannot reproduce it in a lab nor observe it means its not a fact. Its a theory with data supporting the theory but never outright proving it.
You're propogating a very common misconception here. For starters, you're using 'theory' in a way that closer matches the definition of 'hypothesis'. In order to be considered a theory, a given model has to be very well supported by data and effectively surpass its fellows in explanatory power. Additionally, contrary to popular opinion, Theories do not - even hypothetically - graduate into Laws. They are different entities in and of themselves. A Scientific Law can perhaps best be described as a point observation, an event that occurs under certain conditions. A Scientific Theory is a comprehensive model, an overarching explanation often connecting a variety of phenomena and laws and explaining the process behind them. One of the better examples of this is Gravity, giving us the Law of Gravity
and Gravitational Theory, which explains the aforementioned Law[footnote]Though to be perfectly accurate, Einstein's Theory of Relativity supplanted Newton's Gravitational Theory in 1915, explaining phenomena Newton's model could not[/footnote]. In a rather ironic twist for the misconception, the explanatory power of Scientific Theories arguably makes them
more valuable than Scientific Laws.
