Sorry to be so blunt, but that's a ridiculous distinction. A theory
doesn't need to deviate from fundamental scientific principles at all,
although it might indeed involve an assumption of some kind. Many
theories simply involve unknowns/assumptions about an input parameter or
physical state and have nothing to do with the soundness of the
scientific principles involved. I can theorize that my domestic contest
runrate on 20m mid-afternoon drops significantly because my antenna is
too high for the predominant arrival angles for that time period, and
EVERYTHING about it would be based upon sound scientific principles. It
would remain a theory until I had some way to determine the actual
arrival angles, but it's the input variable that's the assumption, not
the theory itself.
Dave AB7E
On 9/12/2010 9:31 PM, Doug Renwick wrote:
> Just a minute. Using the words theory and fundamental science
> principles interchangeably is flawed. There is a big definition
> difference between these two. Theory can be defined as an assumption or
> guess which is clearly different from fundamental science principles.
>
> Doug
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