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Originally Posted by soup
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That's kind of ironic, lol. Posting a "Science time bitches!" picture when you don't even know what "theory" means in science.
Hint: theorys do not graduate to laws, or anything beyond theory. Theory != hypothesis
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Actually, what I was saying was something along those very lines.. I'm not sure how you missed that. Too complex? Maybe you could reread my post. The poster I quoted stated that evolution was a law, I pointed out that it was not a law but was a theory, and that one cannot use one theory to prove another theory as law. I dunno how you missed me making that point.. it was pretty clear.
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Aside from that however you do have error in your response. Theory and Law, among the scientific community, can both be accepted as valid truth, even if as yet unproven. Case in point: Evolutionary theory is taught in schools as accepted scientific fact, despite being an unproven law per se. Please do read this article on
Scientific Laws, Hypotheses, and Theories which covers the terms in depth. It really is interesting, and educational. For example:
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Originally Posted by Jerry Wilson
Theory: A theory is what one or more hypotheses become once they have been verified and accepted to be true. A theory is an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by detached groups of researchers. Unfortunately, even some scientists often use the term "theory" in a more colloquial sense, when they really mean to say "hypothesis." That makes its true meaning in science even more confusing to the general public.
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He further states: "
In general, both a scientific theory and a scientific law are accepted to be true by the scientific community as a whole. Both are used to make predictions of events. Both are used to advance technology."
I would suggest educating yourself on the valid use of the terms and their meanings, lest you appear to part of the "confused general public". Perhaps this is in part why you misunderstood my post?
Anyway, how dare you cause me to detract from this wonderful post on kitties!
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