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Originally Posted by Bibio
all science is theory until its proven.
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Not quite right.
Nothing is ever proven to be "the way it is".
All scientists do is come up with theoretical models that help or enable us to predict results. Most of these only work under specific (and well published) circumstances.
Later research often improves on these models to broaden the circumstances in which they apply. It doesn't make the older model wrong, it just makes it obsolete. Great examples - Newtonian vs Einsteinian physics, or classical vs quantum mechanics.
Older models are often still kept because they're a lot simpler to work with. It's why you don't bother equating the speed of light into terrestrial speed & distance calculations, or quantum wave functions into circuit design. Usually.
So all that ever proven is that a model or theory works in the prescribed circumstances. That's science for ya.