What qualifies a theory as a scientific theory?

[Fabbs]

According to the Encyclopedia of Scientific Principles, Laws, and Theories, a scientific theory, such as Albert Einsteins theory of gravity, must

1. Be observable

2. Be reproduced by controlled experiments

3. Make accurate predictions

Agree?

[baseline bum]

According to the Encyclopedia of Scientific Principles, Laws, and Theories, a scientific theory, such as Albert Einsteins theory of gravity, must

1. Be observable

2. Be reproduced by controlled experiments

3. Make accurate predictions

Agree?

Disagree, what about cosmology? You can't take a big ball of hydrogen and watch it for 10 billion years to confirm a theory about stars.

[boutons_deux]

Disagree, what about cosmology? You can't take a big ball of hydrogen and watch it for 10 billion years to confirm a theory about stars.

astrophysicists, etc have been "observing" for 100+ years. There's Bs of "data points" "out there", trajectories that can be reversed, projected.

[RandomGuy]

According to the Encyclopedia of Scientific Principles, Laws, and Theories, a scientific theory, such as Albert Einsteins theory of gravity, must

1. Be observable

2. Be reproduced by controlled experiments

3. Make accurate predictions

Agree?

Falsifiable has to be in there somewhere.

[Blake]

http://m.livescience.com/21491-what-...of-theory.html

Sounds legit


What's the follow up question, fabbs

[Wild Cobra]

According to the Encyclopedia of Scientific Principles, Laws, and Theories, a scientific theory, such as Albert Einsteins theory of gravity, must

1. Be observable

2. Be reproduced by controlled experiments

3. Make accurate predictions

Agree?

For the most part, yes.

An idea becomes a theory after the idea is hypothesized. There must then be repeated experiments that all do not break the idea. Once any one test breaks a theory, it is no longer a theory.

[Reck]

Take a day off gs.

[Biernutz]

[Wild Cobra]

Are you channeling Bouton's or Fuzzy?

[Blake]

What's the follow up question, fabbs

Fabbs