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[argonsagas]

Fascinating information from Smithsonian about early Earth

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-planet-slammed-into-earth-4-billion-years-ago-forming-the-moon-the-projectile-may-have-been-our-neighbor-180987740/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-moon-formation-theory-also-raises-questions-about-early-earth-180960077/?itm_source=related-content&itm_medium=parsely-api

There are more links on the site.....enjoy!

[rphillips]

Anybody realize anything figured out from 4.5 billion yrs, ago is a theory?

[dgates1]

A new study suggests...

[rphillips]

A new study suggests... Yep, another new theory.

[bccap]

Anybody realize anything figured out from 4.5 billion yrs, ago is a theory?

A theory is a hypothesis .... If you actually " figure something out " it's a fact ......

[rphillips]

If you "figure something out with actual proof" it's fact. If you figure something out but there's no actual proof, it's a theory... Actual proof 4.5 billion yrs. old would be quite scarce.

[LAB3]

A theory is a hypothesis .... If you actually " figure something out " it's a fact ......

A theory is a hypothesis that has ruled out other plausible possibilities in favor of one plausible, yet improvable possibility.

[argonsagas]

a minor adjustment offered:.

A theory is a hypothesis that has ruled out other plausible possibilities in favor of one plausible, but as yet unproven possibility.

I recall hearing that a German guy came up with a theory that a lot of professionals in his field considered totally ridiculous.

His ridiculous theory said that mass and energy are the same physical entity.
If we were to give that absurdity of a theory just a bit of credence today, one wonders, could we not somehow apply it to something useful?

[rphillips]

Synonyms for both Hypothesis & theory... assumption, conjecture, supposition, "GUESS".

[Grimly]

Stupidity has no mass.

[LAB3]

Stupidity has no mass.

Having been raised as a Catholic I can assure you that isn't always the case.

[argonsagas]

Stupidity has no mass.

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddling masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore."

[argonsagas]

Synonyms for both Hypothesis & theory... assumption, conjecture, supposition, "GUESS".

Lee Smolin: "the roots of science are curiousity and wonder"

[argonsagas]

Originally posted by Grimly View Post

Stupidity has no mass.

Having been raised as a Catholic I can assure you that isn't always the case.

One wonders: if masses of the stupid attend Mass, are they responsible for messages about massive messes in the Mass hall, or are they themselves massively messy....and do they play soccer Messi ly?