You are confusing 2 different terms. What your coworker describes is called "scientific process" i.e the process to do science. The output of this process is wh

You are confusing 2 different terms. What your coworker describes is called "scientific process" i.e the process to do science. The output of this process is what is called a theory and that is related to the second point i.e something that can be verified by anyone and this verification is repeatable forever.