From Nick Humphries
Peter Household questions whether evolution is better described as a law or a theory (13 June, p 24).
Evolution will occur in any system that involves replication, variation and selection, regardless of whether the system is biological, mechanical or software. It is as inevitable as the laws of thermodynamics and is of the same nature. We should stop referring to evolution as either a theory or a hypothesis.
Evolution is a law of nature. Quibbling over terms will not change that.
Weston super Mare, Somerset, UK
