The embryologist Charles H. Waddington treated fly larvae with heat shock. As a result of this treatment, some of the adult flies showed the abnormal condition "crossveinless" (some of their wing veins were missing.) After several generations of this treatment, he let a generation of flies develop without heat treatment and many of them were also crossveinless. Does this experiment provide convincing proof of Lamarckism? If not, what other explanation can you suggest, and what experiments would you perform to test your suggestions?

emerging idea only occurs as a raw idea that could appear out of nowhere. meanwhile, to reach scientific consensus , that idea must be structured and tested over and over again through various experiments. the scientific consensus transforms the raw idea into idea that is more reliable through the process of scientific elimination.

mass and weight are closely related because mass affects the weight of an object experiencing the effects of gravity. weight is the measure of the force of gravity on an objects's mass, while mass is the measure of how much matter there is in an object.