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My kid asked me why I still call them 'theories' if they're not real
We were watching an old show from the 90s about aliens. He said, 'You always say they're just stories, but you call them theories. That's what science uses.' It made me realize how the word got twisted over time. Anyone else notice how the language around this stuff has shifted?
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emma_morgan17d ago
Honestly, isn't the real mix-up between a scientific theory and the everyday use of the word? They're totally different things.
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uma_nguyen2417d agoTop Commenter
So what makes a scientific theory different from how we usually say "theory"?
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