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How to explain the word "theory"
#389690 02/13/13 01:10 AM
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I came across this fantastic graphic that explains what a scientific theory is. Many people seem to think a theory is not much more than a guess. Hopefully this will help.


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pmbuko #389692 02/13/13 02:07 AM
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Excellent.


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All models are wrong but some are useful.


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Originally Posted By: tomtuttle
All models are wrong but some are useful.


Supermodels are super-useful?

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pmbuko #389701 02/13/13 12:40 PM
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I was sad because they dismissed the pentacle with the pentagram in it. I think that assumption warrants further scientific study based on the fact that it has more pointy thingies.

Is that helpful?


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Murph #389703 02/13/13 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted By: Murph
I was sad because they dismissed the pentacle with the pentagram in it.

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Re: How to explain the word "theory"
pmbuko #389870 02/20/13 12:24 AM
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Now how to explain a hypothesis...


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Hypotheses non fingo.


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pmbuko #389903 02/20/13 03:18 PM
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Diagram of a hypotheses.





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