On Friday 06 July 2007 16:44, geni wrote:
On 7/6/07, Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb@gmail.com wrote:
Theories, even mainstream ones, shouldn't exactly be presented ("in-universe") as fact.
The earth is a reasonably well-approximated oblate spheroid.
Given that 0+1=1 and 1+1=2 2+2=4
Speciation happens
It is possible to analytically solve the Schrödinger equation for Hydrogen atom
These are facts. Presenting them as anything else would be misleading.
The last three are, because they can be derived through pure reason.
But the first isn't. It's simply the current scientific consensus, based on the available evidence--but it could still be wrong.