>From: Martin Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>Nowadays we rely on the Scientific Method and place our faith >>on the analysis of experimental data. >> >> > >Wish it were so. Most people still think a scientific theory is an >unproven idea. The there are those who think that if there is a one >time single point correlation it's a proven fact. Others listen to >cultural dicta without questioning them. > >
And then, there are those who don't want to understand that a scientific theory _by definition_ is an unproven idea. If it were proved, it would not be a theory any more. May I please politely refer you to your English language dictionary. I have the Longman "Dictionary of English language and culture" at hand: page 1371: "theory: a reasonable or scientifically acceptable explanation for a fact or event, which has not been proved to be true" regarsd Guido Dr. Guido J. Braem
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