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Except that the world has been experimentally (and later observed to be) proven to be round, and we have experimentally (and later observed to be) rotating arou
by krschultz 17y ago
Except that the world has been experimentally (and later observed to be) proven to be round, and we have experimentally (and later observed to be) rotating around the sun. There are no experiments proving global warming, and no observations that match the predictive models well. So it is just a theory. Theories have been wrong many times before. It may be right, but comparing it to rock solid facts like those is simply ignorant of the state of the science. It is probably right, but we don't know that for sure.
- jamesbritt 17y ago"So it is just a theory." As in Theory of Evolution, or Theory of Gravity? I think you meant "hypothesis" or "conjecture". I don't want to put words in your mouth; I'm frustrated by the widely varying possible meanings of the word "theory" that makes some discussion more confusing than need be.
- viggity 17y agoI don't call it the theory of gravity, I call it the Law of Gravity. Or the Newtonian Laws of Physics. A theory, in the general sense of the word, is an analytic structure designed to explain a set of observations. A Law is a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature Laws are predicated on reproducible experiments. An idea is a theory before the experimental evidence is amassed and confirmed.