<p>FOR THE LAST TIME, A SCIENTIFIC THEORY IS NOT SOMETHING UNPROVEN. Most scientific concepts can never be 100% “proven,” so they remain theories. Scientific theories have been backed by substantial amounts of evidence and corroboration – otherwise they are referred to as hypotheses. </p>
<p>DouglasB, are you seriously going to argue that the “Theory of Relativity” or worse…the “atomic theory” are unproven and not factual? Would it be dishonest for teachers and professors to treat the “atom model” of our world as anything but fact? </p>
<p>In science, the terms “fact” and “theory” are not mutually exclusive. Theories are large, big-picture concepts woven together from facts. Please get your definitions right.</p>