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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The part about evolution being a theory is wrong.

The term they describe is a hypothesis. A theory is actually the highest level of understanding we have to.

We have basic data. Then we have Laws, which describe how that data behaves. Finally we have Theories, that describe WHY the data behaves like that.

Conversely a hypothesis is an idea to be tested. First by logic, then by experimentation. Hypotheses produce data, Theories explain and predict data.