skullaria wrote:
Therefore, we must strike the word THEORY from all talk of science, unless it is indeed, purely conjecture, as the word THEORY must mean DOUBTFUL to a large percentage of the public.(2,5,6,7)

I kind of agree with this. The general use of the word theory is the same as the scientific use of the word hypothesis. If the scientific world choose a different word than theory, it would be less confusing. The problem is that I think scientists were probably here first, and that people say theory when they mean to say hypothesis because hypothesis is an awkward word.

RE: The Word Theory Must be Stricken from Scientific Thought