Lanky_Pomegranate530toAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·8 months agoWhat is something that gets a lot of hate for absolutely no reason?lockmessage-squarearrow-up1228arrow-down16message-square504 fedilink
arrow-up1222arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that gets a lot of hate for absolutely no reason?lockLanky_Pomegranate530toAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·8 months agomessage-square504 fedilink
minus-squareArcaneGadgetarrow-up13arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkI 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…
minus-squareson_named_bortarrow-up9arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkLike how some creationists try to dispell evolution by saying that it’s only a theory.
minus-squareeggmasterflexarrow-up1arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkIdk if that helps your point as it’s simultaneously one of the most studied and least understood things in physics. Although I doubt a creationist could mount that argument.
minus-squareLmaydevarrow-up1arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkThe 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.
minus-squareThorry84arrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agolinkfedilinkBut that’s just a theory, a gaaaame theory
minus-squareOmega_HaxorsEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agolinkfedilinkMatpat is a fascist piece of shit.
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 it’s 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.