[wallcrawlr]

seriously dude, you need to stop making this so personal.

You know what scientists mean when they use the word "theory" in the context of scientific theory, so stop pulling out a dictionary and trying to tell us that they mean something else.

If I'm the only one that uses a dictionary than so be it...but I find it difficult to discuss things with people without first understanding what they mean. I didnt create the definitions, I just use them for discussion.

[Dimensio]

If I'm the only one that uses a dictionary than so be it...but I find it difficult to discuss things with people without first understanding what they mean. I didnt create the definitions, I just use them for discussion.

Stop trying to justify this. Admit your mistake and move on; continually trying to justify using the wrong definition in a context of a word with multiple definitions doesn't make you look good.

In the context of science, "theory" does not mean "belief". That definition is not the one used. It is a correct definition for some uses of the word "theory", but not when speaking of "scientific theory". Stop pretending that we're too stupid to understand this; it is not honest of you to change out the meaning of "scientific theory" and then appeal to "it's in the dictionary!" Dictionary definitions do not apply as you see fit, they apply based upon the context in which a word is used.