On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:39:55 -0500, Carrie Coineandubh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Gravity is a law, not a theory. > > *** That doesn't make it more or less proven than a theory. IMHO it does. Laws are > simple observations of phenomena that have never been observed to behave > other than the Law describes them. Scientific Theories describe more > complex phenomena. Evolution is not narrow enough to be a Law, but is > still regarded as true, Not by me. just as the General Theory of Relativity is > regarded as true, Not by me. and is based in part on the narrow Law of Gravity. In > short, if evolution hadn't been proven, it would not have been granted > Theory status. I granted it no such status. I'm presently reading "Human Devolution" by Michael A. Cremo which argues that we are devolved rather than evolved. Further, I very much enjoyed reading the exchange of posts > so far, although I am not a Solipsist myself. > Thanks for the word; didn't know "Solipsism" until I scroogled it. William -- "Reality is inside the skull. You must get rid of these 19th century ideas about the laws of nature. We [the State] make the laws of nature." George Orwell, 1984