(August 7, 2019 at 5:48 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:(August 7, 2019 at 5:42 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Nope, theories are neither models nor laws. And for a theory to be a theory it has to be more than just an explanatory statement (or sets of statements, rather). Otherwise, it would just be a magnified version of a hypothesis, nothing more.
Theories explain; hypotheses predict. That's it. If a magnified version of a prediction turns into an explanation somehow, then its a theory.
P.S. I took out the comma before "or law" cause it gave the wrong meaning. Its meant to be read as theories explain laws, not that they are laws.
Theories predict as well.