At 9:03 AM -0600 2/10/03, Rick Froman wrote:
3) No amount of evidence moves something from a theory to a fact. They are two different categories. Some theories are certainly more well-supported by the existing evidence than others are. Theories explain and organize facts and produce testable hypotheses; they don't become facts.But they can attain a status where they no longer require confirmation, although it is still possible that they can be replaced or extended by a better theory.
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