[H-GEN] RepRapping in Brisbane!

[gavin duley]

Arjen Lentz wrote:
> A theory, or part of a theory, can be wrong. They are hypotheses. They  
> must to be validated or disproven, lest they remain hypotheses. So...

Not quite. A theory is an hypothesis which has undergone (hopefully
fairly rigorous) testing.

If it's an untested idea, it's an hypothesis. It can only become a
theory if it's tested repeatedly and stands up to that testing. Theories
are not really the same as hypotheses.

They can still be wrong, though...

The confusing thing here is, in everyday speech, a lot of people use the
term 'theory' when they *mean* hypothesis. As in "It's just a
theory...". There's no chance of this changing of course, but it leads
to some fun confusion.

gavin,