
MyOwnSling
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Posted - 2008.12.10 14:37:00 -
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Originally by: Janu Hull
Originally by: Mankirks Wife
Originally by: Manisk Edited by: Manisk on 09/12/2008 21:16:48 "few theories that are nowhere near testing..."
so general relativity is just a simple theory that hasn't been tested, yet we pretty much use it everywhere in our every day life (well the technology we use does)...
Relativity is only a theory. Same as evolution and gravity and many other things.
The level of ignorance about the definition of the word theory is disturbing.
A theory is an idea that's been tested thoroughly in an effort to disproove it, and the effort failed. For the layman, a tested theory is as good as fact. Its not to say that theories aren't proven wrong with better information, but that's the beauty of science, its not dogma, so when better data comes in, there's nothing wrong with revising the theory with further testing.
Too many people tie the word "fact" with "theory", the connotation of being considered a "fact" means that the idea is absolute, etched in stone, never to be questioned. "Facts" are very rare things, because so little in the world is so well known as to be beyond further question.
Thank you, I don't know how many times I have wanted to correct people on this.
And just for the record, relativity was shown a long time ago (decades) and again recently to be correct through tests and observation. ------------- Stop whining.
Originally by: Puupuu dude... your face...
Originally by: MooKids I have an elite rating in HULL TANKING! That is like saying I can block punches with my face.
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MyOwnSling
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Posted - 2008.12.10 14:50:00 -
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Originally by: chaotic pandemonium theoretical
As related to the above discussion, this should be hypothetical, not theoretical. The concept of FTL drives are not theorized to exist, just hypothesized. ------------- Stop whining.
Originally by: Puupuu dude... your face...
Originally by: MooKids I have an elite rating in HULL TANKING! That is like saying I can block punches with my face.
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