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Maybe it's a discipline thing, but in my wife's lab

Do you know the difference between an hypothesis and a theory?Do laughingtotem New

In the context of a scientific experiment, one conducts an experiment to test an hypothesis to arrive at a theory <NT> yaknman New

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But those of us who actually did scientific experiments did not think that way. That's science teacher talk. ezwater New

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adherence to the observe>hypothesize> test etc. mindset was required. If you used the term "theory" you better have an assload of evidence, testing and peer review under your belt.

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