zeig Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 i've read a little bit of this but it hasn't been writin in "plain manswriting" yet for what i could find so i constantly find myslef looing up words and ending up reading a book for every word i dont know. So dark matter its self is a theory right? When i first heard of the general idea of dark matter i wasnt completely filled in on it and i developed my own theory to what it was, while debating with a friend we came to the conclusion that my theroy could be just as plausaable as the current "darkmatter theory" because E=Mc2 is a theory as well. any holes in this? i can type out my theory if anyone wants it just to fully understand this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 What you have is a hypothesis -- an explanation not yet experimentally tested for some strange phenomenon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeig Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 hmm, so a theory has been tested? but then its not theory is it? its fact right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory Attention should be paid to the specific descriptor, "scientific" theory. It's more than mere conjecture, as is often the case when the word is used commonly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 E=mc² is an equation, not a theory. Your theory/hypothesis/idea/thought/whatever is not any more or any less or equally plausible as any other theory/... just because you give it the same name. Plausibility is judged by how many people think your theory/... makes sense. Plausibility also is not exactly the most important criterion for a theory/.... Correctness, applicabilty and the ability to make predictions are usually more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkshade Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I see that we're dealing again with a case where the word theory is misunderstood. Swansont opened a thread about this yesterday (i think), but I'm just too lazy to look for it:doh: Anyways, why don't you share your full idea with us zeig?! edit: ah, found it: http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=31331 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeig Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 god i love this site haha, i have no friends who even understand this stuff. i have to go diggin thru some papers for my theroy/idea/w.e. cuz i wrote it down at the begining of last year so that i could remember the full thing. i'll get it up as soon as i get the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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