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> The meaning of the term scientific theory (often contracted to theory for brevity) as used in the disciplines of science is significantly different from the c
by fifnir 6y ago
> The meaning of the term scientific theory (often contracted to theory for brevity) as used in the disciplines of science is significantly different from the common vernacular usage of theory.[4][note 1] In everyday speech, theory can imply an explanation that represents an unsubstantiated and speculative guess,[4] whereas in science it describes an explanation that has been tested and widely accepted as valid. These different usages are comparable to the opposing usages of prediction in science versus common speech, where it denotes a mere hope.
Please take a minute to consider this and realize that you should never repeat what you just said.
- sizt 6y agoAlthough the majority of people consider evolution to be a fact, Darwin himself labeled it a "Theory" of Evolution, not empirical.
- paulmooreparks 6y agoAs clearly stated above, you are using the vernacular definition of theory, not the scientific definition.
- sizt 6y agoWhat I think it means is irrelevant. It only matters what Darwin thought it meant. You are not inside the head of a person who lived generations ago and loved Victorian novels.
- dboreham 6y agoSomeone wrote a script to post this on every Darwin-related thread??