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Originally Posted by STeeLy
I don't completely ignore it. But theory is still only a theory until they prove it. Though evidence is strong, neither is proven... however, with advancing technology... we may find an answer.
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I wish...unfortunately, nothing can truly be proven. The problem is that all of our "facts" are based on observation. For example, say you see 1,000,000,000 ravens...and they're all black. That would likely lead you to say that ravens are black...until you find a white one. It is reasonable to say that ravens are black...it is reasonable to believe that all ravens are black. It can't be proven, though, unless you could take a census of every single raven in the universe.
Or how about gravity? Does gravity exist? Does it work the way they say it does? It would certainly appear so. But how did they come to those conclusions? They took the phenomenon of things always falling to the ground, made a lot of experiments and observations, and came up with a theory that fits. Unfortunately, that theory is entirely based upon observations, like all theories, and will be disproven as soon as an apple is found that does not fall to the ground. Is there a wackload of evidence that shows gravity exists? yes. Do I believe in gravity? yes. Is it really proven? No. It can't be. All we know is that everything we've observed so far seems to fit the theory.
Theories they are, and theories they shall remain...the only question is how much evidence we can find with which to support them, and how much evidence it will take for people to believe in them.