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...but like everything else in astrophysics, just a theory...
Moe, it appears to me that you are using the layman's definition of theory instead of the scientific definition. do explain... From The Happy Scientist: A theory starts as one or more hypotheses, untested ideas about why something happens. For example, I might propose a hypothesis that the object that you released fell because it was pulled by the Earth's magnetic field. Once we started testing, it would not take long to find out that my hypothesis was not supported by the evidence. Non-magnetic objects fall at the same rate as magnetic objects. Because it was not supported by the evidence, my hypothesis does not gain the status of being a theory. To become a scientific theory, an idea must be thoroughly tested, and must be an accurate and predictive description of the natural world.
It is common for scientific laymen to use the word theory when they are thinking of the definition of the word hypothesis. oic... |
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...but like everything else in astrophysics, just a theory...
Moe, it appears to me that you are using the layman's definition of theory instead of the scientific definition. do explain... From The Happy Scientist: A theory starts as one or more hypotheses, untested ideas about why something happens. For example, I might propose a hypothesis that the object that you released fell because it was pulled by the Earth's magnetic field. Once we started testing, it would not take long to find out that my hypothesis was not supported by the evidence. Non-magnetic objects fall at the same rate as magnetic objects. Because it was not supported by the evidence, my hypothesis does not gain the status of being a theory. To become a scientific theory, an idea must be thoroughly tested, and must be an accurate and predictive description of the natural world.
It is common for scientific laymen to use the word theory when they are thinking of the definition of the word hypothesis. Sorry to just chip in at this point but I got a question,if it's as you say about theory then why is quantum physics a theory? I read somewhere it can only be understood as a theory? I might have got that wrong,can't recall where I read it. |
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...but like everything else in astrophysics, just a theory...
Moe, it appears to me that you are using the layman's definition of theory instead of the scientific definition. do explain... From The Happy Scientist: A theory starts as one or more hypotheses, untested ideas about why something happens. For example, I might propose a hypothesis that the object that you released fell because it was pulled by the Earth's magnetic field. Once we started testing, it would not take long to find out that my hypothesis was not supported by the evidence. Non-magnetic objects fall at the same rate as magnetic objects. Because it was not supported by the evidence, my hypothesis does not gain the status of being a theory. To become a scientific theory, an idea must be thoroughly tested, and must be an accurate and predictive description of the natural world.
It is common for scientific laymen to use the word theory when they are thinking of the definition of the word hypothesis. Sorry to just chip in at this point but I got a question,if it's as you say about theory then why is quantum physics a theory? I read somewhere it can only be understood as a theory? I might have got that wrong,can't recall where I read it. Quantum theory is the most tested and verified of any field of physics. |
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Edited by
mysticalview21
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Tue 02/23/16 01:24 PM
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I always thought our gravity here on earth ...
was becouse on are being balance ... by were we where in the galaxy ... and as earth keeps shifting ... becouse of natural disasters with weather... and what is a man made disaster ... these forces move that keeps our planet where it is for gravity ... if we would ever loose this balance ... the hole planet would just be flowing and their would be nothing on it... if even it still existed... that would be a ride ... I would not want to be on ... |
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