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A scientific 'theory" is science shorthand for "this is how we think it works". Sometimes the theory is developed without enough information (all the variables are e not known) and later observations and information shows the theory needs to be reworked. With enough information the theory becomes a very good model of what is happening and the changes become fewer and further apart.

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