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shlomif committed Mar 18, 2021
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<p>
I'm probably not the first, but in order to help avoid dilute the
meaning of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory">"theory" in science</a>
with its casual meaning of "hypothesis", I decided to
I'm probably not the first, but in order to help avoid diluting the
meaning of the word <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory">"theory" in its scientific context</a>
with its casual meaning of a "hypothesis", I decided to
follow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Cooper">Dr. Sheldon Cooper's</a>
lead and call non-proven suspicions "hypotheses" even when talking about
lead and call such non-proven suspicions "hypotheses" even when talking about
casual ones.
</p>

<p>
It may sound funny now but <q>Comedy is simply a funny way of being
serious.</q> to quote <a
href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Ustinov">Peter Ustinov</a>. I have a
hypothesis (ha!) that <a href="[% base_path
%]humour/image-macros/#standup_philosopher">large parts of the Hebrew Bible and
Grecko-Roman Philosophy</a> were funny back then, only now they are considered
gospel, appalling, or obvious.
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