really, if you don't understand the difference you should look it up
2006-10-31 21:17:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why do people fail to understand the difference of the layman's term "theory" and the scientific term "theory"?
There is indeed a difference.
2006-10-31 21:19:08 · answer #1 · answered by angk 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Listen, the word theory, when applied in a technical sense (such as science) does not mean "guess". The true definition of theory is the accepted conclusion drawn from compiled evidence. The earth traveling around the sun is a theory (and the bible says its the other way around BTW), gravity is a theory...and yet fundys seem ok with them.
The word that comes closest to "guess" in scientific terms is "hypothesis". It means a statement or question that has no evidence or research to support it, at the present time.
See, you learned something today: that the church has been twisting the FACTS that support, and prove THEORIES for centuries. The proper term for this is PROPAGANDA, or manipulating the facts to support a singular point of view.
Ah, why am I wasting my breath...you'll just put your head back in the sand anyway. The world has evolved into a beautiful place, if you'd just see it for what it is.
2006-11-01 07:33:17 · answer #2 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe because of psychological effects. When theories are taught in school, especially in geometry, they are being proved and deemed as a "law" or something. Because of that, students think that theories are something that cannot be contradicted. Just like a fact. I suppose they consider a fact more obvious than a theory but technically the same.
2006-11-01 05:51:23 · answer #3 · answered by UndertheSun 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some people misuse theory and fact to justify their opinions.
Fact is an actuality, something that is completed or exists. Evidence and proof establish fact.
Theory is often a collection of facts that together lead to unproven assumptions about their relationship to some phenomena.
When we are too lazy to establish fact we state an opinion or make a claim and call it fact.
2006-11-01 06:05:50 · answer #4 · answered by Doug H 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe because the school systems teach theories as facts and do not teach the kids how all theories need to be constantly tested and reevaluated.
2006-11-01 06:02:57 · answer #5 · answered by bobm709 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If they like the theory, they want to believe it. It becomes a fact to them, even if it's not fact to the rest of humanity.
2006-11-01 05:23:23 · answer #6 · answered by ....... 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
to many people promote theory as if it were fact.l
2006-11-01 05:23:27 · answer #7 · answered by Sam's 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because it does not serve to aid them anyway, so they rather live with this deceit
2006-11-01 05:31:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They don't want to. They can't handle the truth.
2006-11-01 05:19:32 · answer #9 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋