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How is the use of the word theory in science different from its more common use
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How is the use of the word theory in science different from its more common use

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In science the word "theory" basically means a model that has been confirmed countless times and never dis-confirmed (such as the theory of gravity). We call it a theory because it's something we had to discover and it was at first not certain.
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