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Re:CERN experiment discovers five new particles by herpdorplarp on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:56AM (#13923365)
By assuming validity of a theory you can make predictions. Observations provide evidence in support of this.
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Re:CERN experiment discovers five new particles by iamconfused on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @08:52PM (#13927690)
A theory comes later. You start off with a hypothesis. You don't make any assumptions of validity.
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