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In science, a "theory" is as good as it gets. Although "theory" in common parlance means nothing more than a guess, in science it means something very different. An idea rises to the level of theory in science only after numerous, independent tests have been performed and have yielded consistent data. A scientific theory offers insight into the natural world while making predictions about the structure of the natural world. Scientific theories permit us to make sense of random facts. Because science proceeds by disproof rather than proof, in other words because science is reliant on the concept of falsifiability, scientists must be open to the possibility that a commonly accepted theory might, at some time in the future, be replaced by a more finely tuned or more robust theory. But being open to the possibility of future work modifying and improving our present theories is a far cry from saying that something is "just a theory" and thus not deserving of any special attention. Proof is a valid concept only in mathematics and the distillation of alcohol.
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To creationists, any science that contradicts Genesis is "evolution".
It takes only seconds to tell a lie that may take hours or days to refute. But, fear not! The heavy lifting has been done. See:
"Polonium Haloes" Refuted
A Review of "Radioactive Halos in a Radio-Chronological
and Cosmological Perspective" by Robert V. Gentry
by Thomas A. Baillieul
Copyright © 2001-2005
[Last Updated: April 22, 2005]
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/po-halos/gentry.html
All of this has been discussed at length over the years in other threads, so I won't spend much time on it, unless there are honest questions about the talkorigins article.
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First you post a link to a video with no comments of your own. Now it sounds like you didn't even watch the whole video yourself before you started this thread. That's a pretty poor way of doing things.
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The problem with you theory is: Lots of scientists are religious, so are they ignoring evidence that confirms their beliefs? That doesn't make sense.
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I don't watch video arguments.
Twitter has discovered most things in that Modi propaganda video aren't Indian at all
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If you wish to be true to science you could start by dropping the word "proof". See my comments earlier in this thread.
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In science the short answer is yes.
Both the Big Bang Theory and the Theory of Evolution are very well established major theories, with enormous levels of verification and evidence. The ToE is stronger, probably, than the BBT, but it's sort of like saying 'steel is fairly strong but titanium alloy is stronger' - either one will serve for tableware with no danger of failure due to stress. At this point there are no known major issues with either theory. Details to be filled in? Yes. Weak spots? No.
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Unfortunately yes. AFAIK you can't prove you don't live in the matrix, so you can never be 100% sure that what you are experiencing is real.
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