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Originally Posted by clm7214
(Making myself sound more like a nerd)
True, but it is indeed fact.
Think of an ambulance approaching you at high speed with the siren on. From inside the ambulance the sound is normal. When it is coming at you you hear a high pitch, then as it passes you you hear a lower pitch. The sound waves are compressed infront of the ambulance then lengthened behind it.
If i fire a 9mm foreward, out the window of my truck, while traveling 55mph the bullet will travel its speed plus 55mph. (Thats my Los Angeles example)
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Not fact, fact is something you can prove by actual testing, you cannot test the Speed of light/headlight theory because no one can travel at that speed. so it remains a theory... Same as evolution, since we cannot see anything evolve or recreate it, it remains a theory.
Yes the other statements are fact because you can recreate it.
Main Entry: the·o·ry
Pronunciation: \ˈthē-ə-rē, ˈthir-ē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural the·o·ries
Etymology: Late Latin theoria, from Greek theōria, from theōrein
Date: 1592
1: the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another
2: abstract thought : speculation
3: the general or abstract principles of a body of fact, a science, or an art <music theory>
4 a: a belief, policy, or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action <her method is based on the theory that all children want to learn> b: an ideal or hypothetical set of facts, principles, or circumstances —often used in the phrase in theory<in theory, we have always advocated freedom for all>
5: a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena <the wave theory of light>
6 a: a hypothesis assumed for the sake of argument or investigation b: an unproved assumption : conjecture c: a body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject <theory of equations>
Main Entry: fact
Pronunciation: \ˈfakt\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin factum, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere
Date: 15th century
1: a thing done: as aobsolete : feat b: crime <accessory after the fact> carchaic : action
2archaic : performance, doing
3: the quality of being actual : actuality <a question of fact hinges on evidence>
4 a: something that has actual existence <space exploration is now a fact> b: an actual occurrence <prove the fact of damage>
5: a piece of information presented as having objective reality