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confusion about term "evolutionist"
::: If you had the scientific community on your side, then you'd be able to cite some sources. You can find the word "evolutionist" in the dictionary. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 10:11, 10 June 2007 (EDT)
::: If you had the scientific community on your side, then you'd be able to cite some sources. You can find the word "evolutionist" in the dictionary. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 10:11, 10 June 2007 (EDT)
::::I guess your confusion, RSchlafly, lies in the fact that you conflate the profession of a biologist who specializes in the study of evolution (an "evolutionist") with all scientists who accept the Theory of Evolution as the unifying theory of all the life sciences, and make observations, perform experiments and publish their findings on that basis. Scientist studying the mutations of a flu virus, scientists studying a troop of baboons, and scientists classifying new plants discovered in the Amazon may all rely on the Theory of Evolution to predict and explain much of what they observe, but they are not evolutionists as defined by the dictionary. You, however, use the term to include any scientist who accepts the Theory of Evolution as fact. That is ann error. NitramNos 10:35, 10 June 2007 (EDT)