“To brand evolution as “just a theory” is the finest compliment one can confer on it!”

—  Mordechai Ben-Ari

Source: Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science (2005), Chapter 2, “Just a Theory: What Scientists Do” (p. 38)

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