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View submission: Which side shoulders the burden of proof?
I mean they don’t just arbitrarily call something a theory. A lot of criteria need to be met, and the theory needs to be extremely fleshed out with experimental results, peer review, the ability to make novel predictions, etc.
And even so, a theory is not taken to be “true” in science. It’s still open to being overturned. But when something has been so well substantiated by decades of consistent results, then it’s the job of the person with the alternate hypothesis to provide some data.
Comment by diogenesthehopeful at 04/09/2024 at 03:09 UTC
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That is well stated.
The james webb space telescope sent back some pretty damning images of a theory that has already failed a test. A hypothesis is supposed to be testable and when something fails a test, I don't know if the next logical step is to dream up dark energy or admit the test failed, but the experts seem to think we can just dream up matter, energy and in some cases countless universes all because the results don't fit the hypothesis on the table.