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3. '''Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to predict the results of new observations.''' (To see whether my hypothesis holds true, I predict that any object that is less dense than water will float and any object more dense than water will sink; I test various objects that are more or less dense than water by putting them in a tub.)
3. '''Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to predict the results of new observations.''' (To see whether my hypothesis holds true, I predict that any object that is less dense than water will float and any object more dense than water will sink; I test various objects that are more or less dense than water by putting them in a tub.)
4. '''Replication of the experiments and results by independent experimenters.''' (rather than take my word for it, my neighbors try the same experiment and look for any flaws in my methodology)
4. '''Replication of the experiments and results by independent experimenters.''' (rather than take my word for it, my neighbors try the same experiment and look for any flaws in my methodology).
Mathematical derivations are also commonly used to support a theory and predict results, but only an experiment can provide conclusive evidence (relativity, for example, could not have been predicted by math alone).
==Scientific treatment of theories and facts==
==Scientific treatment of theories and facts==
1) If a theory has no proof it remains an abstract concept, that will not be thought in schools.
Example: String theory in physics has not yet been proven.
Example: String theory in physics has not yet been proven.
2) If a theory can never be proven or disproven it is not considered to be scientific and science
will not study it.
Example: the existence of God(s) can never be proven or disproven.
Example: the existence of God(s) can never be proven or disproven by scientific experiments,
and/or mathematical derivation.
3) If a theory can never be proven but it CAN be disproven by at least one repeatable scientific
experiment the theory will be considered to be false.
Example: YEC can be disproven through examining DNA which tells the biological history of
Example: YEC can be disproven through examining DNA which tells the biological history of
- Therefore we know the Earth has to be many thousands of years old.
- Therefore we know the Earth has to be many thousands of years old.
4) If a theorycan be proven by at least one repeatable scientific experiment it will be considered a
scientific fact.
Example 1: The Earth is round because that shape is consistent with the laws of gravitation and
Example 1: The Earth is round because that shape is consistent with the laws of gravitation and