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By Navi - 29/07/2018 17:44

Today, in class, I overheard a new classmate saying "Gravity is just a theory." I then proceed to message my roommates, laughing at his stupidity. Later, this same fellow walks into my house without knocking. My roommate introduced him as her cousin. FML
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Callyn 47

Well, gravity is a theory. Scientific theories are different than layperson theories, they are predictive explanations of facts that can and have been tested and are found to be generally true and useful. Theory is pretty much as good as it gets in science, there's no higher level to go to. This confuses people, because there are also scientific things called laws, but laws are different than theories and are generally older, using outdated terminology.We don't really make scientific laws anymore. Whether the classmate knew this is beyond me, but depending upon what they were actually saying they might have been far more informed than you, OP.

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Emma Marshall 19

Ah pretty sure fact is a higher level than theory....

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Callyn 47

Well, gravity is a theory. Scientific theories are different than layperson theories, they are predictive explanations of facts that can and have been tested and are found to be generally true and useful. Theory is pretty much as good as it gets in science, there's no higher level to go to. This confuses people, because there are also scientific things called laws, but laws are different than theories and are generally older, using outdated terminology.We don't really make scientific laws anymore. Whether the classmate knew this is beyond me, but depending upon what they were actually saying they might have been far more informed than you, OP.

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Emma Marshall 19

Ah pretty sure fact is a higher level than theory....

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