10 Mar '15 19:58>2 edits
Originally posted by googlefudge...just a hypothesis. - Well, that is what theories are - basically. We have not yet seen a football that do not follow the force of gravity. - Note -. This do not specifically say that such objects could not exist. All it says is. Here is the hypothesis about 'gravitation'. It is believed to be correct because fotballs falls down kicked in the air. Well. Then if we find a upwards flying football we need to modify the theory which we call gravitation. Until we do that theory is assumed correct.
It's hard enough dealing with creationists missusing the word theory without scientists doing it as well.
You meant it's not a theory and is just a hypothesis.
Note. Fotballs are large objects - as are planets. They follow Newtons laws. Because they live in the 'macroscopic' universe.
Then quantum mechanics are a completely different animal. Here we do see fotballs that fall upwards. We therefore need a different physics. Consisting of different mathematical equations. We solve these equations and get results. These results speak about waves. Not normal waves but waves in quantum mechanics. These explain how objects behave in 'microscopic' space. Like for examples how electrons behave. They are footballs that fall upwords. Electrons are not footballs and not waves. We understand them by solving mathematical equations. This works and - wolla! - We don't need to explain why the footballs called electrons fall upwords when kicked. - The math works and therefore we beleve in our 'hypothesies'. The hypothesies are correct for now because we have not yet seen an object for which they are not correct.