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Theories don't have facts
Replies: 13 — Last Post Nov. 13, 2008 9:23pm by stratocaster69
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Are theories composed of verified facts? Or are they fact less?

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Marith


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They can have some facts, but they most likely have contridictory facts also, pros and cons bro

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Your poll fails :/

Theories are idea that can later be formed into facts. Like hypothesis.

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they have some facts to back it up usually
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Kyle92


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alot of theories are based on facts, wether or not the theory is a fact... that's a different story

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a theory is an idea until proven otherwise.

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bornonmars75


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no because they are theories...there is no fact behind it

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Ryan Potter


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They generally are based on facts, and then there's some abstract concepts about how exactly those facts fit together, I guess.  It really depends on what sort of theory you're talking about.  One like evolution has quite a few facts, and the speculation makes a lot of sense.  That being said there are some theories that are complete, or almost complete speculation, probably mostly astrophysics or theoretical physics-type theories.
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I really should have done this poll segmented by nation.

America's public education system is a massive joke.

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Elm


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Theories have been backed up by experimentation so they are at least composed of the facts of observation.  If any given theory itself states a fact about the natural world that is confirmed via more testing of said theory.

Whats the point of this question anyway?

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Yankee fan called my assertion that theories are composed of a wide body of facts "ridiculous"

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Event Horizon


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Quote: from MixedDelight at 12:26 am on Nov. 10, 2008
Your poll fails :/  

Theories are idea that can later be formed into facts. Like hypothesis.

your response fails... You don't have a clear understanding of what a scientific [or any other type, really] theory is.

Theories are comprised of facts and propose a conclusive fact [ie. a, b, c, therefore Z]

Post edited at 2:03 pm on Nov. 11, 2008 by Event Horizon

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stratocaster69


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they are ideas and are just ideas but they can be based on some fact

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