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Originally Posted by Sadre Spinegnawer
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It's just a theory which means it isn't true
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NOOOOOOO!! I can't let such ignorance of scientific terms go unremarked upon!
Hypothesis is what you're thinking about with that definition. A scientific
theory has been tested and confirmed extensively through multiple studies and observations. Colloquially, non-scientists refer to their hypotheses as theories, leading to the mistaken assumption that scientific theories are also just ideas.
/themoreyouknow