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Originally Posted by Vatoreus  How am I being bigoted? I'm bigoted against stupidity, yes. You sit here and talk about things ''just being a theory'' when in science, a theory is about as close to fact as it gets. I don't give a shit you're asking for info, by all means do, it's called learning. Just don't sit here and be retarded at the same time by mucking up the definitions of scientific terms. If you're coming to learn, come with the correct tools to learn. |
Sorry but you are wrong. A theory is just that - a best guess. Regardless if we are talking about the theory of gravity (something we all accept) or the theory of evolution (something not everyone agrees with).
As per science, a theory is our attempt at explaining something we can't prove. However, to be an actual theory it has to be testable and make (accurate) predictions. We even have different theories for the same stuff, but we can't discard them because they are all testable and all make accurate predictions. But they can't all be correct, as they contradict each other at different levels. (Science is interesting, you should get your "learn on" sometime)
Science isn't very good at "proving" anything, but it is great at DISproving ideas. If you want "proof" you hit up mathematicians and philosophers.
Sorry, but it really bothers me when people don't understand what a "theory" actually is, and what "proof" actually is. Any real scientist has long removed the word "proof" and "prove" from their vocabulary.
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I really shouldn't even use the would "disprove". The scientific method actually finds evidence for or against ideas, or looks for evidence and fails to find it.
