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:Now, I suggest you give up arguing with Mr. Schlafly for the moment, and try explaining his ideas back to him. As Covey says, Seek first to understand, then to be understood. You'll never win an argument while your debate partner feels you don't 'get' what he's saying. And the audience will yawn or change the channel. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 14:31, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
:Now, I suggest you give up arguing with Mr. Schlafly for the moment, and try explaining his ideas back to him. As Covey says, Seek first to understand, then to be understood. You'll never win an argument while your debate partner feels you don't 'get' what he's saying. And the audience will yawn or change the channel. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 14:31, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
Ok, a reasonable suggestion. I think one of the fundamental probs here is that (speaking as a scientist, not as a liberal or conservative) there really is no controversy in science, evolutionary or otherwise, about this term. That is not to say that in certain circles (ID, etc) the problem hasn't come up, I just don't think this is the place to hash it out. Evolutionary "theory" is equivalent linguistically to Electromagnetic "theory", even though only one uses calculus. Both are useful, predictive, falsifiable, and malleable. Sometimes in casual conversation, one might say, "My theory behind their divorce is that he was fooling around." This is not the way it is used by any scientists. They would call that a hypothesis. I think we are making a debate where there should be none. The debate should be moved to one of the Creationism related articles where it is more relevant.--[[User:palmd001|PalMD]]<sup>[[User_talk:palmd001|talk]]</sup> 14:47, 30 March 2007 (EDT)
:: It is not what I THINK at all. I search for definitions and usage of "theory", and I find two. One used by those promoting Evolution, and one used by everyone else. I originally wanted to just put in one definition, but people kept putting in the second.
:: It is not what I THINK at all. I search for definitions and usage of "theory", and I find two. One used by those promoting Evolution, and one used by everyone else. I originally wanted to just put in one definition, but people kept putting in the second.