Quote (ChivasRegal @ Jan 15 2018 07:50am)
proposing a theory doesn't suddenly make it real or factual...
Quote (eMptyBox @ Jan 15 2018 08:28am)
it does exist in theory and in the minds of many :rofl: just like time exists.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iybvB5uCbnM
yeah admitted to being debunked/10
Nah, you clownshoes don't know what the difference is between a theory and a scientific theory. Gravity is not a theory. Gravity is a scientific theory.
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So, what does the word "theory" mean in science?
According to the National Academies of Sciences, "some scientific explanations are so well established that no new evidence is likely to alter them. The explanation becomes a scientific theory. In everyday language a theory means a hunch or speculation. Not so in science. In science, the word theory refers to a comprehensive explanation of an important feature of nature supported by facts gathered over time. Theories also allow scientists to make predictions about as yet unobserved phenomena".
People who don't understand this distinction sometimes dismiss ideas saying "it's just a theory" (this is very commonly used to suggest that evolution is just speculation, for example). But, when scientists speak of the theory of gravity or the theory of evolution, they don't mean that these are random untested ideas that someone came up with after too many beers.
The AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), the world's largest scientific society, has this explanation of what scientists mean when they use the word "theory":
" A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world."