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A scientific theory becomes better accepted as it helps explain more and more observations.
The scientific theory of continental drift was not immediately accepted by geologists.
No. He died in 1930 and it wasn't until the sixties that the theory was accepted by the mainstream scientific community.
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A scientific theory is accepted as factual even though it hasn't been proven. A scientific law has been proven as fact.
The Big Bang Theory is very well accepted by the scientific community; it is considered to be solidly supported, and it is regarded as the best theory that we presently have, to explain the origin of the universe as we know it.
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A scientific theory must be based on many repeated correct experiments; also this theory must be related with other accepted theories.
In science, "theory" is the name applied to well-established scientific knowledge. It doesn't mean that there are doubts about the atomic theory.
a theorem rather, it has to be proven to become an accepted theory.
a theorem rather, it has to be proven to become an accepted theory.
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