 lordpoee
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
 101 Posts
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Friday, October 22, 2010 11:24:55 AM
@deathxtra You mean the force by which all mass within the universe is attracted to all other masses in the universe proportional to the product of their mass? As I am still quite firmly grounded to the earth and the earth is still roughly the planets are still roughly the same distance from the sun and all other stars...I'd say Gravity is still very much a Law.
F = G(m1m2/r2) |
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lordpoee
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
101 Posts
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Friday, October 22, 2010 11:18:24 AM
@Musuko42 Quick break down for you. People mis-use the term "Theory" when they say "Just a Theory." what they really mean is "Just a Hypothesis". A Hypothesis is an "Educated Guess Based On Observation" a Theory however is so much more, it summarizes and a Hypothesis after repeated testing of a Hypothesis. For something to become a Scientific Theory, there must no eveidence to dispute it. For something to be scientific LAW at the time of its creation, there must be no exceptions must be found to that law. Scientific method is structured so that Science can grow. But if something is a "Theory" rest assured it got that way only after everything else at the time had been ruled out and if it is LAW even more so.
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 obhwfgirl
Female, 18-29, Western US
553 Posts
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 8:38:21 PM
A theory, in scientific terms, is an explanation that has so much evidence to support it that it's pretty much fact. However, in the sciences, nothing is "fact" -- here's why:
Go with the theory of plate techtonics. We have evidence from earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, deep sea rifts, etc. Other disciplines like chemistry and biology have evidence to support plate techtonics too. The general population believes that plate techtonics is fact, but scientists say "theory" instead. Again, nothing is "fact" since evidence can come along at any time to disprove the theory or some part of it. Science instead takes new evidence and makes a better explanation. Lots of evidence = theory.
That's why theories, like evolution, are so strong. DNA + time = mutations -> mutations + time = genetic divergence (e.g. appearance of human races) -> divergence + time = evolution
If evolution weren't real, how do we explain DNA, mutations, immunizat |
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 elbat
Female, 18-29, Europe
188 Posts
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:43:43 AM
I just googled Fresca. |
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 Musuko42
Male, 18-29, Europe
2094 Posts
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 3:53:48 AM
Note that laws and theories are two very different things.
Theories do not "graduate" into laws when they get strong enough proof.
Laws are the observable "rules" of how things work.
Theories are the explanations that stitch the rules together and explain why they are as they are.
And that's just my vague understanding of it.
"Just a theory" is not an insult. It's like saying "just an explanation". |
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Musuko42
Male, 18-29, Europe
2094 Posts
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 3:49:26 AM
polglowa, educate yourself: a scientific law is not what you think it is.
bowlinguy, you are mistaking the meaning of a scientific theory to how you or I might use the word theory in day to day life. |
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 deathxtra
Male, 13-17, Western US
2810 Posts
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:33:11 PM
polglowa
Gravity is no longer a law. |
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 PhantasmFork
Male, 18-29, Asia
143 Posts
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:19:01 PM
Gul, dal, dal, kul, ya! I like frogs. But not really...maybe some kind of pig phone. |
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 Finwicket
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
373 Posts
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 5:50:11 PM
This makes me laugh |
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bowlinguy
Male, 13-17, Canada
126 Posts
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12:12:25 PM
@Musko42; last i checked theory does mean unproven. its basically an educated guess, not a wild guess. rather one that stated as being most probably due to the facts given. once it is proven then it becomes a law. just like the LAW of gravity. |
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 polglowa
Male, 30-39, Europe
43 Posts
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:56:45 AM
@ Musuko42
"Theory" of gravity? I think not. It's the "Law of Gravity". Bad example and bad explanation on your part.
A Theory is a proposed explanation based on facts. However, a theory does not a fact make! |
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Musuko42
Male, 18-29, Europe
2094 Posts
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:35:31 AM
"yes, they are only theories"
Anyone who says that is showing that they don't know what the word "theory" means when used in a scientific context.
It does not mean "wild guess".
Nor does it imply a lack of proof. I cite the THEORY of gravity, for example.
A scientific theory is the explanation of an observed fact. That's all it means.
It does NOT mean "unproven". |
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startech
Male, 30-39, Canada
238 Posts
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 10:26:26 AM
Max_Normal: You call yourself educated, but I think you had better do some more research on the theories (yes, they are only theories) that you say the "morons" are denying. I would say that the moron here is the brainwashed idiot that believes anything he is told without questioning it. a.k.a. YOU! |
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avava9
Female, 40-49, Australia
70 Posts
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:10:08 AM
max normal, I hope your avatar isn't wasn't a real event... |
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 zeebeedee
Male, 50-59, Eastern US
501 Posts
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 7:00:51 AM
Whats with all the spam, ain't there any mods in this joint? |
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 Max_Normal
Male, 30-39, Europe
499 Posts
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 3:57:02 AM
"xbx214
Male, 13-17, Western US
118 Posts Tuesday, October 19, 2010 1:04:09 PM
Its not suppost to be funny you dratmouth, the joke is the point that everyone thinks there all non-sinners and will go when its alrady came and we have are heads in are asses... Well at least all of you; I can speak for myself."
Couldn't really give a f**k mate. Sorry, educated. |
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Max_Normal
Male, 30-39, Europe
499 Posts
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 3:55:52 AM
Wish it would hurry up and come so we can do something useful with all the churches and get rid of all the moronic climate change/evolution/big bang deniers. Does Islam have a rapture? |
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 ROK9
Male, 18-29, Western US
1838 Posts
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 11:05:38 PM
yea post apocalypse time rules |
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 fivezones
Male, 40-49, Western US
1028 Posts
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 9:17:18 PM
Post-Apocalyptic Times? Wait...where are the zombies? Oh yea, they voted for Obama. |
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avava9
Female, 40-49, Australia
70 Posts
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:06:43 PM
yeah, the rapture happened, god took one guy, jesus... |
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 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
16961 Posts
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 6:56:48 PM
The Rapture has NOT come yet...
My kitty is still here!
She's 21 and a half years old now! |
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 SmilinSam
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
3603 Posts
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 5:13:55 PM
mmm fresca.... |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 4:38:59 PM
Hmmm.... |
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 danky
Male, 18-29, Western US
559 Posts
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:41:22 PM
ha thats funny |
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 fabarati
Male, 18-29, Europe
1116 Posts
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 3:22:50 PM
That explains so much. |
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