climate denier in charge of EPA transition

[Dill]

(11-10-2016, 07:23 PM)TheLeonardLea Wrote: People treat theories as scientific fact far too often. Remember, it was "scientifically proven" in the 30s that smoking was good for you, in the 70s that we were heading into an ice age, in the 90s that the planet would run out of oil, in 2000 that technology would universally fail, etc etc.

No, I do not remember that it was scientifically proven in the 30s that smoking was good for anyone, or that in the 70s the consensus of climate scientists was that we were heading into an ice age.  The planet CERTAINLY WILL run out of oil if people consume it at the present rate.  etc etc etc.

What do you suppose is the difference between a "scientific theory" and a "scientific fact"?  What scientific facts can you explain separately from scientific theory?