-- Posted by obvious child at 9:24 pm on Nov. 9, 2008 Are theories composed of verified facts? Or are they fact less? -- Posted by Marith at 9:26 pm on Nov. 9, 2008 They can have some facts, but they most likely have contridictory facts also, pros and cons bro -- Posted by MixedDelight at 9:26 pm on Nov. 9, 2008 Your poll fails :/ Theories are idea that can later be formed into facts. Like hypothesis. -- Posted by hi sarah at 9:26 pm on Nov. 9, 2008 they have some facts to back it up usually -- Posted by airemaye at 9:27 pm on Nov. 9, 2008 Nothing's ever certain. But we have to the best we can with what we have. -- Posted by Kyle92 at 9:27 pm on Nov. 9, 2008 alot of theories are based on facts, wether or not the theory is a fact... that's a different story -- Posted by Special Agent Orange at 9:29 pm on Nov. 9, 2008 a theory is an idea until proven otherwise. -- Posted by bornonmars75 at 9:31 pm on Nov. 9, 2008 no because they are theories...there is no fact behind it -- Posted by Ryan Potter at 9:31 pm on Nov. 9, 2008 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. -- Posted by obvious child at 9:39 pm on Nov. 9, 2008 I really should have done this poll segmented by nation. America's public education system is a massive joke. -- Posted by Elm at 12:53 am on Nov. 10, 2008 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? -- Posted by obvious child at 2:30 pm on Nov. 10, 2008 Yankee fan called my assertion that theories are composed of a wide body of facts "ridiculous" -- Posted by Event Horizon at 2:00 pm on Nov. 11, 2008 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] -- Posted by stratocaster69 at 9:23 pm on Nov. 13, 2008 they are ideas and are just ideas but they can be based on some fact