05-09-2016, 01:28 PM
(05-09-2016, 12:45 PM)ochocincos Wrote: There's educated guessing all the time in science. It's called a hypothesis.
A hypothesis is a question. Going back to the germ theory, a hypothesis might be, "Are infectious diseases caused by germs?"
A theory would be; infectious diseases are caused by germs. Why is the germ theory a theory and not a hypothesis? Because the overwhelming mountain of evidence collected over hundreds of years by millions of researchers which has been reproduced by other researchers indicates that infectious diseases are, in fact, caused by germs such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc.
But, you know what? Our minds are open to other possibilities. Just show us your data and let's see if we can reproduce your results.
