On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:40:18 -0500, Mike Marlow wrote:

Since when did the word theory become virtually a fact? Unless you
have a new defintion of terms, the word theory has never been accpeted
as any kind of a fact.

Well ....

the reference Swingman gave defines theory as:

"A scientifically accepted general principle supported by a substantial
body of evidence offered to provide an explanation of observed facts and
as a basis for future discussion or investigation."

I'd say that places it a lot closer to a fact than to an opinion or
belief. Those are often not supported by much of anything :-).

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Intelligence is an experiment that failed - G. B. Shaw