It seems like everything that has the word "theory" attached to it is being treated on the same footing as religious mumbo-jumbo. Does that go for algebraic number theory too?
2007-06-11 20:46:58 · 3 answers · asked by robert 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, and arithmetic is a just theory! Yet, I don't see Christians demanding that stickers be placed on math books claiming that there are other theories to explain numbers besides math.
Theories are NOT 'educated guesses'. You are thinking hypothesis.
2007-06-11 20:55:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have come across some accountants who have proof that 2+2 does not = 4.
May be religion is just an accountants way of morality
2007-06-11 21:06:26 · answer #2 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
robert: It is just that "theories" are an educated guess and fact is supported by evidence which is irrefutable. It is one thing to employ fact when presenting a dogmatic statement and another when you attempt to slough-off theory as fact.
2007-06-11 20:53:52 · answer #3 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋