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In response to "I agree. -- nm" by Strongbad

And I'm glad it hits on a major pet peeve of mine.

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Mar 18 '15, 05:07

That we've talked before about on ST.

Facts are conclusions based on interpretation of data. Facts are later disproven all the time.
Just because a statement is a fact, does not necessarily mean it is true. Just become something is published in a peer-reviewed research document, does not mean it is true.

Facts grow up to become Theories, which grow up to become Laws. Newton's Law of Gravity, or the Laws of Thermodynamics for example.

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No no no no. That's not right at all. There's no hierarchy for Theory to Fact. - Reagen Mar 18, 05:31 6
- Oh... so you're one of those people who believe in gravity? -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 06:44 1
  - *watches you fling off into space* -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 07:02
- I agree that laws must have a mathematical component to it. - Strongbad Mar 18, 05:52 1
  - the word that science uses for how laypeople use "theory" is "hypothesis". -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 05:54
- Theory to Law, I meant to say. - Reagen Mar 18, 05:34
- But that's just, like, your opinion, man. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 05:33
And the flip side of that - znufrii Mar 18, 05:09 2
- Agreed. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 18, 05:12
- In my ind the problem he describes is not that children are taught a false distinction between opinion and fact - znufrii Mar 18, 05:12

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