Quote:A scientific theory is different than the other "theory". 

 

From the OSU website:

"some scientific explanations are so well established that no new evidence is likely to alter them. The explanation becomes a scientific theory. In everyday language a theory means a hunch or speculation. Not so in science. In science, the word theory refers to a comprehensive explanation of an important feature of nature supported by facts gathered over time. Theories also allow scientists to make predictions about as yet unobserved phenomena".

 

Small scale, short term evolution has been seen and recorded multiple times. It's only hard to imagine it on a larger scale if you have a preconceived notion blocking that path.  

 

So what is it: rigorous adherence to proven fact or using your imagination?  You have to pick one!

 

To say that short term changes in allele frequency or the manifestation of dominant traits within a pre-existing gene pool directly and seamlessly extrapolate to radical mutation and the creation of new traits is disingenuous at best and an affront to what we now know about the complexity of genetic structure (as opposed to someone in the mid 19th century.)

 

In short, a given population of bacteria exposed to an external chemical may cause the selection of the bacteria with thicker cell walls to become more dominant, its the part where they grow legs and walk out of the test tubes that's lacking.  

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