Hypothesis not Theory

Technically speaking the "Flat Earth Theory" can't actually be considered a theory and is only yet a hypothesis

the·o·ry
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noun
a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

"A hypothesis is an attempt to explain phenomena. It is a proposal, a guess used to understand and/or predict something. A theory is the result of testing a hypothesis and developing an explanation that is assumed to be true about something."

And there is no proof of any kind that the Earth is flat, and all the testing that has been done has not been put under criticism from actual scientists

Oh, well, then you have gotten the best out of us.  It is time to shut down the website. 

I always knew you nursery grade levels had some intelligence in you

"Theory" is just a word globs use to hide their ignorance of a principle of induction. In reality it has no logical basis and should be looked at with extremely prejudice.

"Theory" is just a word globs use to hide their ignorance of a principle of induction. In reality it has no logical basis and should be looked at with extremely prejudice.

So how would you disprove the "Theory of Universal Gravitation" considering it has been verified locally by probably a hundred or so independent experiments (I have brief results on over 50) and seems consistent with what is observed at least within the Solar system.

Sure, some might want to unnecessarily drag in GR, but locally even tiny corrections for GR are rarely needed.
GR is usually not needed till we get into Cosmology (and maybe particle physics), and they're way above my pay grade.

Oh, well, then you have gotten the best out of us.  It is time to shut down the website. 

Sig worthy.

Quote from: jroa on May 12, 2016, 04:41:05 PM

Oh, well, then you have gotten the best out of us.  It is time to shut down the website. 

Sig worthy.

Only if you include the rolly eyes, you NASA satanist. 

I thought they fired you?

I thought they fired you?

I have a lot of people that are waiting to be banned before then. 

Quote from: disputeone on May 14, 2016, 05:14:51 PM

I thought they fired you?

I have a lot of people that are waiting to be banned before then.

Why don't you ban all the round earthers? Then you guys could talk "science" with no shilling or derailing?

Quote from: jroa on May 14, 2016, 05:16:32 PM

Quote from: disputeone on May 14, 2016, 05:14:51 PM

I thought they fired you?

I have a lot of people that are waiting to be banned before then.

Why don't you ban all the round earthers? Then you guys could talk "science" with no shilling or derailing?

Because, then we would be like Eric Dubay's site. 

"A hypothesis is an attempt to explain phenomena. It is a proposal, a guess used to understand and/or predict something. A theory is the result of testing a hypothesis and developing an explanation that is assumed to be true about something."

And there is no proof of any kind that the Earth is flat, and all the testing that has been done has not been put under criticism from actual scientists

Even if it was put forth, it would most likely be laughed at and kept on a shelf somewhere, maybe used as a paper weight. It would be interesting enough to see the FE movement gain so much momentum that a serious study was demanded to be conducted by the population and preformed by modern and accredited scientist. I think the results would be comical at best.

This thread seems more like Troll bait however then an actual discussion. When people throw out "ITS ONLY A THEORY/HYPOTHESIS" people tend to think that takes away merit from actual scientific results and they get all angry and hot headed. This thread seems to be a decent example of such squabbling.