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Originally Posted by Little.Egret
Just to remind you, the standard scientific philosophy is that theories can only be disproved, never proved.
And in actual practice theories are not discarded until a better theory is available and even then the old theories may be used if they are easier to calculate with (as Newton).
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Right.
And if we're going to rip into String Theory, it is worth remembering that the Standard Model isn't a theory either but rather a collection of theories spliced together.
The name says it all: Model.
Mostly curve fitting, too, if you ask the String/Brane/M-Theory partisans.
The divide breaks down primarily along the lines of theoreticians and experimentalists. And the two camps are pretty religious about their beliefs.
