Folks here are saying a scientific theory is a fact. Just clarifying
. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > What's your point? > No one is arguing that over time theories cannot be improved, disproved > or deprecated by new empirical evidence. > So what's your point? > > On 13 September 2011 10:49, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-famous-scientific-theories-that-turned-out-to-be-wrong.php >> >> ColdFusion made the list:) >> >> Ooops, maybe it's called a theory because it's not a fact? >> >> Even Stephen Hawkins recently admitted his theory about black holes is >> wrong. >> >> I noticed even laws don't always survive: >> >> Newton's Laws of Motion (which were improved upon by Einstein - while >> not really proved wrong, the were shown to be not quite right either. >> For example in relativity or on the very small scale they don't hold). >> >> >> http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_scientific_laws_or_theories_have_been_proven_wrong#ixzz1XqLhwR00 >> >> Titius–Bode law doesn't work. >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342491 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
