The word predates science
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Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The word theory has become (or at best is becoming) a clusterfuck of whatever, much like the word literally.
And we don’t even have (normal/easy/exact) replacements for those words.
Those words were already the scientific terms for nerds. But normies normied them into normedom, literally theorised into a fuck.
kaffiene@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 months ago
I like the word “model”, I think it’s a better fit even. We’re modeling reality. Some models turn out to be shit, while others are well tested giving confidence that they mimic reality well.
Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
But isn’t model used differently in different disciplines?
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Ftfy
lostme@lemmy.world 3 months ago
All models are shit. Some of them are useful tho
jaybone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Like my model of fecal matter.
Malgas@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Every model is wrong. Some are useful.
gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Yeah I like that.
I use “theory” for theoretical things, like theoretical physics and math, that can be proven (in a mathematical way).
I use the word “model” for practical things, like practical physics. Models don’t need to be proven, but their accuracy can be more or less helpful, depending on the context.
kaffiene@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yes I agree entirely.