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Relativity is lower than evolution? I would put relativity at 9.5 because it can be verified with actual experiments today. Regardless I’ll say the same thing

Relativity is lower than evolution? I would put relativity at 9.5 because it can be verified with actual experiments today. Regardless I’ll say the same thing I tell my kid which is the same as what you said. Everything that isn’t a fact is a theory with various levels of evidence. The stronger the evidence, the more likely the theory is correct. But a theory will weak evidence could suddenly improve if a new piece of strong evidence comes to light. And a strong theory could become weak if a piece of evidence disproves the entire thing. So keep an open mind and don’t mistake theories for facts.

quesera 6y ago
> I would put relativity at 9.5 Fair point. It was crowded up there, and my physics is less than current. I think we agree, really. I'm just not as strict on the semantics of the word "fact". I agree that laziness on the margins of fact is lazy, esp for specialists. I don't think we can authoritatively say that anything is an absolute truth. But there are some really useful models. The extinction event model serves a purpose for paleontologists, and it's pretty good for most of them. It serves a different purpose for non-specialists.