Ror, what the fuck are you talking about? Newton's Theory of Motion cannot be observed or quantitatively tested? F=ma isn't quantitative and you can't watch something fall at 32.2 ft/s2 or watch pool balls bounce off each other? Evolution hasn't been well-observed in bacteria and other lower life forms?
A scientific theory or law represents an hypothesis, or a group of related hypotheses, which has been confirmed through repeated experimental tests. Source
a theory is a conceptual framework that explains existing observations and predicts new ones Source
A theory is a generalization based on many observations and experiments; a well-tested, verified hypothesis that fits existing data and explains how processes or events are thought to occur. Source
A theory in science is an idea that has been tested thoroughly, and despite extensive testing, cannot be rejected. Source
And I think this quote pretty accurately describes what Ror was trying to tell us earlier:
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For example, one professor, when asked why he continued to do experiments designed to test a theory that was obviously wrong -- which he was sure was wrong -- answered "Without a theory to test, we wouldn't be able to do experiments at all!"
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