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Old 18-January-2008, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Professor Mayhem View Post
The scientific community isn't casting doubt on a theory by labeling it as such, and a scientific theory isn't some middle step were a scientific idea has to be milled about before graduating to scientific law.
This is something that falls far short in science education from my own anecdotal evidence. It's possible I misunderstood something - but I clearly recall our basic science classes teaching:

Step 1: Hypthesis
Step 2: Graduate to theory after testing
Step 3: Graduate to law after proving

I have come to understand otherwise after a bit of self study - but this is how many creationists think science works.
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