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Bretton Garcia

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9. Einstein is a special case, still unsettled.
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 04:13 AM
Apr 2019

Last edited Sat Apr 20, 2019, 05:06 AM - Edit history (1)

He had several theories. Some of which only very recently confirmed. Like black holes and, allegedly, gravity waves. Some yet to be proven or clarified.

Among scientists though, such theories as are proven, typically do go through a name change; into say, "law."

As for one theory subsuming another? In such cases, the older theory in effect is modified, often partly disproven, by the.new contextualization. Proving it was a theory, and not an absolute fact.

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