evolution as fact and theory in article ursa bear com halat pooh bears jim halat writes deleted what is the fact of evolution there is a difference between calling evolution a fact and talking about the theory of evolution providing facts i happen to think the latter is more accurate deleted evolution is both fact and theory the theory of evolution represents the scientific attempt to explain the fact of evolution the theory of evolution does not provide facts it explains facts it can be safely assumed that all scientific theories neither provide nor become facts but rather explain facts i recommend that you do some appropriate reading in general science a good starting point with regard to evolution for the layman would be evolution as fact and theory in hen s teeth and horse s toes pp by stephen jay gould there is a great deal of other useful information in this publication uucp uunet tektronix sail mikec or m cranford uunet tektronix sail labs tek com mikec principal troll arpa mikec sail labs tek com relay cs net resident skeptic csnet mikec sail labs tek com teklabs tektronix
