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"Those would not be theories, those would be observations. Theories attempt to explain why things happen as they do, observations are statements that something
by wissler 13y ago
"Those would not be theories, those would be observations.
Theories attempt to explain why things happen as they do, observations are statements that something has or has not happened."
You are very confused. The observation is that it appears as if the Sun is moving across the sky. The theory is that that's because the Earth is rotating.
You should be able to work out the rest for yourself.
- diminoten 13y agoIt's either a theory and we don't know it, or it's an observation and we do know it. You can't, definitionally, have your cake and eat it as well. You can never know a theory to be true. A "true" theory does not exist.
- wissler 13y agoYou are not the arbiter of what constitutes a "theory." And it's a good thing, too...
- diminoten 13y agoYou're mistaken if you think I'm saying I am. I'm telling you what other people hear when you say 'theory'. Feel free to think whatever you'd like, but this is what people will be thinking of when you say 'theory'.