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... hypothesis of continental drift nor that of evolu- tion was proved true before it won acceptance . In fact , no scientific hypothesis is ever proved true . Rather , it is tested continually with more and more data , and as the data ...
... hypothesis of continental drift nor that of evolu- tion was proved true before it won acceptance . In fact , no scientific hypothesis is ever proved true . Rather , it is tested continually with more and more data , and as the data ...
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... hypotheses , and graduate to " facthood " as knowledgeable individuals come to agree upon them . The rotation of the earth was once a hypothesis ; it is now a fact . Facts are merely hypotheses that are well supported by the available ...
... hypotheses , and graduate to " facthood " as knowledgeable individuals come to agree upon them . The rotation of the earth was once a hypothesis ; it is now a fact . Facts are merely hypotheses that are well supported by the available ...
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... hypothesis , " " it is only a hypothesis that smoking causes lung cancer " ) is one of the outward signs of little learning . ' The difference between a fact and a hypothesis , then , is a matter of degree , a matter of how much ...
... hypothesis , " " it is only a hypothesis that smoking causes lung cancer " ) is one of the outward signs of little learning . ' The difference between a fact and a hypothesis , then , is a matter of degree , a matter of how much ...
Contents
REASON UNDER FIRE | 3 |
THE FOSSIL RECORD | 44 |
HUMAN EVOLUTION | 73 |
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