A "hypothesis" changes to a "theory" when empirical evidence backs it up. Every experiment done over the last 90 years has supported general relativity; not one experiment has challenged it. Indeed, accurate GPS devices would not work unless the effects of general relativity were not factored into their clocks -- so, in effect, every GPS device in the world is an experiment that supports GR. Contrary to what some people, with a CLEAR and UNDENIABLE motivation to confuse people on what a "theory" means, wrongly claim that a scientific "theory" is something unproven. That is simply not true, but these people will continue to repeat this lie.
A tentative explanation in research is called a hypothesis. The hypothesis is based on observation. The general explanation of the observation is called a theory. In other words, a theory is the result of testing a hypothesis.
Hypothesis
any belief in science that is plausible and for the most part has some evidence, but we aren't sure of being 100% true, would be a theory. for example, the theory of relativity, darwin's theory of evolution, etc.
In order for a statement to be called a scientific hypothesis, it must be specific and testable.
A "hypothesis" changes to a "theory" when empirical evidence backs it up. Every experiment done over the last 90 years has supported general relativity; not one experiment has challenged it. Indeed, accurate GPS devices would not work unless the effects of general relativity were not factored into their clocks -- so, in effect, every GPS device in the world is an experiment that supports GR. Contrary to what some people, with a CLEAR and UNDENIABLE motivation to confuse people on what a "theory" means, wrongly claim that a scientific "theory" is something unproven. That is simply not true, but these people will continue to repeat this lie.
The theory that Einstein developed which pertains to gravity is called general relativity.
A tentative explanation in research is called a hypothesis. The hypothesis is based on observation. The general explanation of the observation is called a theory. In other words, a theory is the result of testing a hypothesis.
A general explanation of a set of observations or facts is typically referred to as a theory or a hypothesis. It is a proposed explanation that can be tested and further refined through scientific methods and research.
I've got to pick one?Okay, let's go with General Relativity then.There's also Special Relativity, and some work with statistics (giving rise to something called Bose-Einstein statistics, the counterpart to Fermi-Dirac statistics; subatomic particles follow one or the other depending on what type they are).
This would be an hypothesis (an educated guess).
I've got to pick one?Okay, let's go with General Relativity then.There's also Special Relativity, and some work with statistics (giving rise to something called Bose-Einstein statistics, the counterpart to Fermi-Dirac statistics; subatomic particles follow one or the other depending on what type they are).
The Big Bang was first proposed by Jesuit priest George LeMaitre in the 1927, although he did not use that name for his hypothesis. General relativity was developed in 1916, but had a flaw that LeMaitre fixed -- although Einstein called his ideas "abominable." The idea that present day species came from earlier species dates at least to the time of Aristotle. The study of fossil evidence in the 1800s showed this hypothesis to be as factual as the theory of gravity. Charles Darwin did not "invent" evolution, he only came up with an explanation over how it happened. His _Origin of Species_ was published in 1859.
Hypothesis
any belief in science that is plausible and for the most part has some evidence, but we aren't sure of being 100% true, would be a theory. for example, the theory of relativity, darwin's theory of evolution, etc.
In order for a statement to be called a scientific hypothesis, it must be specific and testable.
A proposed scientific idea is called a hypothesis. This is a tentative explanation for a phenomenon that can be tested through observations and experiments. If the hypothesis is supported by evidence, it may become a theory in the scientific community.