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An individual who screws up the term, "Theory"... / "Proof"?

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fohfoh:
Thanks Ixarku. That's what I thought as well. After a while, my brain clicked on for a moment and I was like... wait... why is he getting all tied up about "proof"? Then I realized that there were 2 lines of thought and usage for the word "proof" and he was mixing them together.

Now I figured out where he went off the trail. And now I can figure out wtf to an extent he is babbling about.

Ixarku:
 :)   As soon as I read "...The Theory of The Big Bang and The Theory Evolution fall into this definition. A Scientific Theory does not require proof because ..." I immediately had a visual of a guy in a lab coat mixing test tubes filled with miniature stars and galaxies, in an attempt to recreate the Big Bang.  That was when I had my "wtf is this person thinking" moment.

fohfoh:
Wouldn't it be more like... not recreating the big bang because it doesn't need to be proven? ;)

Ixarku:
LOL, touche.

I think I need to go watch that episode of Futurama where Professor Farnsworth creates a box containing a parallel universe now.  ("You can be crummy Universe A, and we'll be Universe 1.")

relic2279:
Maybe he means disproof. A theory is valid until it is proven false. That there is no evidence to disprove it, or rather, theories are only waiting for disproof. This fact alone can make a theory stronger than a law. Depending on the field of study anyways.

I personally don't believe in the theory of gravity.


* Relic2279 flies away.

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