Tram Law writes:
So a theory has to have more than one result from an experiment?
Yes, the result of a single experiment is usually just a fact. There is almost always a theory in place that describes why that result occurred along with numerous other facts.
coyote writes:
I would look at that experiment as demonstrating a fact, rather than constituting a theory. A general explanation of why Ivory soap and similar objects float might be a theory.
And in fact, the "floating of Ivory Soap" may be best covered by The Theory of Gravity. Whereby we replace "floating" with bouyant force and describe its opposition to the gravitational force in relation to the total mass of water displaced by the submerged portion of the Ivory Soap bar in comparison to its own mass.
So this Theory of Ivory Soap is not at all a theory but a fact that can be explained by a current theory. There are an unfathomable number of facts. In relation there are very few things that get the status of Theory.
Tram, you are asking good questions. Keep it up.
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