Those quotes of Wade definitely sound like a lame attempt to apologize to the creationist readers for his positive review of the book. The facts are the facts,

Those quotes of Wade definitely sound like a lame attempt to apologize to the creationist readers for his positive review of the book. The facts are the facts, the laws summarize the regularities in the facts, and the theories explain the laws. Evolution can fall into only of of these categories, and it's a theory. So according to Wade, gravity is a not a fact, since we have a theory of gravitation. That's an utterly ridiculous point of view that no philosopher of science supports. Oh, before you ask how this is ontopic for HN: if you're smart and excel at something, it's easy to overestimate your knowledge of other subjects. In this case, Wade mistakes his common sense about science of philosophy with actual knowledge of science of philosophy.