mike the twit... wiz writes:
You missed that post to you that defined evidence. There is still evidence for theories that are no longer popularly accepted.
You seem to have the misconception that evidence for something necessarily supports the existence of that thing. Before I go on, let me make a few examples to make my point bleedingly obvious.
Evidence for bigfoot: some pictures, some cam footages, some witness testimonies, some footprints, etc.
Evidence for visiting extraterrestrials: some pictures, some cam footages, some witness testimonies, some footprints, etc.
Evidence for god: absolutely no pictures, absolutely no cam footages, some witness testimonies, absolutely no footprints, etc.
Try to think of it like the poker game texas hold 'em. There are 5 cards in the middle that belongs to everybody. Only a special kind of idiot would think that he won the game because he sees 3 jacks in the middle while the cards he has in his hands amount to absolutely zip.
What determines popularization of a certain theory in the scientific community is the way the evidence fit together, not if there is any evidence at all.
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