06 Jul '17 15:00>6 edits
Originally posted by JS357yes, that comes from;
"I don't know how profitable a discussion on conspiracy theories would be, actually, since the origin of the phrase only dates back to the 1960's..."
Putting this thread in the science forum is inappropriate since "A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly ...[text shortened]... act-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world." -- wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory
but it disturbs me and actually surprises me that the actually directly and explicitly specifically says "Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world." as the only motive I can think of of them stating that extremely obvious is if many other people other than just FreakyKBH actually idiotically say the contrary to it! -a bad sign I think.