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Re:Why Robinhood disabled buys but not sells by vamos_davai on Sunday January 31, 2021 @12:10PM (#25980353)
There's no difference between conspiracy and hypothesis.
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Re:Why Robinhood disabled buys but not sells by cromka on Sunday January 31, 2021 @12:14PM (#25980394)
You mean "conspiracy theory" and "hypothesis". And yes, there fundamentally is a difference between theory and hypothesis:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/difference-bet...

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Re:Why Robinhood disabled buys but not sells by vlovich123 on Sunday January 31, 2021 @12:32PM (#25980585)
> Outside of scientific reasoning, "theory" and "hypothesis" are often used interchangeably, and "theory' can unfortunately be interpreted to mean "less sound" or "lightly speculated."
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