Newton’s Apple Page 2

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  1. Penningtrap
    Penningtrap

    Just started reading your comic and I’d like (perhaps waaaaay to late) point out an error that quirks me a bit:
    In the last panel the character Doctor West say’s “[...] time travel is no longer a theory”. I think I can safely presume that this Doctor West is a scientist, in this context the line should be “[...] time travel is no longer a hypothesis”

    This distinction is exceedingly important in the field of any science because “a theory” would be the highest achievable value your work can get. If your work is unsure/untested/incomplete/ … it’s a hypothesis.

    Ignorance of the distinction between a (scientific) theory and hypothesis already sparked a lot of undue media attention all over the world regarding other well known theories.
    More information can be found on wikipedia if you search for “scientific theory”.

    (sorry, pet peeve :p)

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