But as a scientific conclusion, it remains tentative. If an evolutionary hypothesis is falsified, that alters my conclusion.
I know that the evidence supports evolutionary theory, including some of the evidence that I myself have produced. I don’t “know evolution to be true” except when defined as “changes in allele frequency over time,” directly observable only over short time intervals. That being said, I don’t see any reason why it does not extrapolate to billions of years.
You’re also mixing up evolution the phenomenon with evolutionary theory, to which I’m guessing Vlad is referring, along with a steaming load of other IDcreationist redefinitions.
And let’s not forget that the primary reason the silly term “evolutionist” is used is to try and portray any understanding or acceptance of evolutionary theory as something similar to the attacker’s religious belief.