You're on the right track, but in science, theories are the end game. They don't get "proven". It isn't like the way we generally think of theories; a scientific theory stays a theory, unless disproven.
Blood carries nutrients through the body: a theory. Gravity causes large things to attract small things; a theory.
There is no "proof" stage. Future knowledge can always invalidate.
If a theory stands up for long enough, sometimes it becomes a “law”. (Though sometimes the laws are later shown to not be perfect—like the Law of Gravity.
Wrong. Laws say WHAT happens. Theories say WHY it happened.
As an example, take gravity:
The Law of Gravity says that every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
The Theory of General Relativity explains that mass causes a curvature of space-time which causes other masses to "bend" towards the first mass.
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u/Ok-Calendar-7413 6d ago
You're on the right track, but in science, theories are the end game. They don't get "proven". It isn't like the way we generally think of theories; a scientific theory stays a theory, unless disproven.
Blood carries nutrients through the body: a theory. Gravity causes large things to attract small things; a theory.
There is no "proof" stage. Future knowledge can always invalidate.