>>Do you know the difference between hypotheses and theory?
I think so. lemme check webster.com
Theory \The"o*ry\, n.; pl. Theories. [F. th['e]orie, L. theoria, Gr. ? a beholding, spectacle, contemplation, speculation, fr. ? a
spectator, ? to see, view. See Theater.]
1. A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.
Hmmmm....there's more....
2. An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music.
3. The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.
4. The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory
of moral sentiments.
Hmmm...Even Webster seems confused about what the word means. Can you tell me what you mean? And why then, you should draw the analogy between gravity and evolution.
Joking aside, you don't really want to make this an argument of semantics, do you?
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