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Originally Posted by Actor
The word "THEORY", as you are using it here, is synonymous to "hypothesis." When scientists use the word "theory" they do not mean a hypothesis. A "scientific theory" is an explanation of an aspect of the natural world and universe that has been repeatedly tested and corroborated in accordance with the scientific method, using accepted protocols of observation, measurement, and evaluation of results.
This simply is not true. The velocity of light is 299,792,458 metres per second by definition.
That's Einstein's theory of General Relativity which was proven by astronomical observration 100 years ago. You seem to be unaware of the "correspondence principle" which says that when an existing theory is supplanted by a new theory you must be able to derive the old theory from the new theory, otherwise the new theory is wrong. Newton's laws can be derived from Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Right. Unlike religion, which claims to know everything, science does not know everything. But we're working on it.
The atomic theory of matter was proposed by the Greeks over two thousand years ago, and may have been proposed by the Egyptians or the Babelonians earlier than that. I was proven by Rutherford in the 19th century.
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I’m not confusing or conflating theory and hypothesis, but I’m not gonna say anymore on that, other than to point out your admission regarding the changing, incomplete nature of The Theory of Gravity. As to SOL, I see that’s an important point for you. You’ve given me the working definition. I’m talking about measurement. If it’s true, that it is measured at different speeds at different times, would you have to reco sider your assertion?
