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Originally posted by ADPi Conniebama
Again I just want evolution to be taught as a theory, not fact.
I am not going to take on the scientific GC community because well obviously I don't know EVERYTHING. I just don't want my tax dollars to pay for children to be taught "theory" as fact. And, just to make things clear, I don't want religion taught to children at public schools, in science classes...
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So where does one start to teach "BASIC CONCEPTS" in science classes that must be KNOWN to go further to build a foundation...
For example: There are 2 hydrogens that ionically bind to one oxygen to form a water molecule. Many water molecules are visible in 3 forms: gas, liquid, solid. The amount of water in any form is a determination of "MASS". Mass is the atomic number given to an atom as a measure of atomic mass units. The more you increase amu's you reach the number of moles. Moles is measured in terms of Avogadro's number: 6.0233 X 10^-23...
These are time tested proven facts and theorems with mathematical calculations that transcend into the deep recesses of the Universe...
A water molecule will "look" the same if it is 1 million light years away verses 1 second away... Either way, it is STILL a water molecule...
The scientists determine these kinds of things with machines. There are several ways of doing it, but usually they use either a mass spectra analysis or nuclear magnetic resonance...
And that is how science is built... One step at a time...
Why H2O is the way it is is not a question that scientists try to answer because to us, it is irrelevant to us--water is there, why it is there is a better question to us that we like to answer... And how did some bacteria evolved a "way" to "nucleate water" to make ice is more interesting to us even moreso...
But why H2O has to be water--that is something that the religious right can ponder...
You are arguing epistemology... Look that word up and go from there...
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