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Author Topic:   What is a theory in biology?
macaroniandcheese 
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Message 21 of 22 (207156)
05-11-2005 3:10 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by mick
05-03-2005 12:29 PM


you are using theory in place of hypothesis. a hypothesis is a conjecture about the state of things. a theory is a hypothesis that has been proven once and is up for repeat until people are satisfied that it holds. then it becomes law.

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