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Is theory a fact

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

well, a theory is a general idea about something,so i do not think so.

*A theory is a hypothesis well accepted by the scientific community. So I wouldn't think it was a fact considering a hypothesis is an educated guess.

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