(August 7, 2019 at 5:32 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:(August 7, 2019 at 5:18 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Theories (when shown to be wrong) don't get demoted to hypotheses, they're made obsolete or continue to be of some use in a narrower scope (so they would still be theories in a sense, just not one that correctly applies to the whole of reality).
And now you're trying way too hard to not be wrong. Well-established is a problematic and subjective word but well-supported is fine?
Did you get the "essential" bit?
"Well-supported" isn't fine, but we can at least count the number of papers in support of a theory to categorize it as such. We can't do that with "well-established."
I saw the essential bit; and its questionable. For example, what do you call pre-theories awaiting to be "well-supported" to become full fledged theories? In my personal experience, I've only been taught how to deduce hypotheses from theories, never these pre-theories, does it work the same way? And again, how many supporting papers need to be published for a pre-theory to become a scientific theory?
All of this just to continue to defend your argument that "space pixies" is a valid theory?
That,s desperate, man.
