ARTS111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Reverse Transcriptase, Blood Transfusion, Intracellular Parasite
2 Apr 2018
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Evolution facts, laws, inferences and test hypothesis circumstances (descriptive not prescriptive) accepted as (cid:858)true(cid:859) discarded tomorrow tested, if deductions are verified the hypothesis is correct, if not it is false and needs to be modified. Fact because alive from descent from a common ancestor, the theory is not yet complete. Fact: an observation that has been repeatedly confirmed and for all practical purposes, is. What is accepted in science is never final and what may be accepted as truth today may be. Theory: lack of supporting data, it is an explanation of the natural world that can incorporate. Hypothesis: tentative statement about the natural world leading to deductions that can be. Law: generalization about how some aspect of the natural world behaves under stated. The path of evolution is how it has occurred over time. Huge cause of deaths world-wide (epidemic) and was originally thought that a vaccine would soon be made which was obviously wrong.
