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The word theory is another one.
I find myself thinking this a lot. Someone goes; "and that's my theory about..." And I'm like; that's not a theory, that's a hypothesis...
Like how some creationists try to dispell evolution by saying that it's only a theory.
I just say "so is gravity"
Idk if that helps your point as itβs simultaneously one of the most studied and least understood things in physics. Although I doubt a creationist could mount that argument.
The point is it's not just a guess with no evidence which is what they think a theory is.
If they came back with that you try and explain that's why it's called a theory and not a fact.
But that's just a theory, a gaaaame theory
Matpat is a fascist piece of shit.