Last I heard a theory was a hypothesis that seems to work, may have some gaps in it, and has not been proved or disproved.
You heard wrong. In science, a theory has already met the criteria of being tested, and being consistent with the available data. It is an order of magnitude up from hypothesis.
215 posted on 01/22/2005 3:49:03 PM PST by Junior
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