I CONSTANTLY see "it's just a theory. It's JUST a theory." I assume that by "theory", you mean "an assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a guess; conjecture; speculation".
Guess what, folks?
That's NOT what it means in the context of science.
"A scientifically accepted general principle supported by a substantial body of evidence offered to provide an explanation of observed facts & as a basis for future discussion or investigation."
"A logically self-consistent model or framework for describing the behavior of a related set of natural or social phenomena, originating from &/or supported by experimental evidence. A systematic & formalized expression of all previous observations that is predictive, logical & testable."
"A theory is an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses & verified multiple times by detached groups of researchers."
Why do people have SUCH a problem with this? HONESTLY???
2007-01-14
05:34:12
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