What is a Theory?

bluegenes statement is true while yours is false.It can be observed that water boils at 100C. It can also be observed that water boils at 105C, or 95C or 90C or 85C.All of these are true and can be observed.Reading exactly what someone wrote is a test of not only one's ability to read BUT also to accurately observe reality.What is the difference between these two statements?1.)Water boils at 100C.2.)Water boils ONLY at 100C.No.1 is what bluegenes said, No. 2 is what you read.Explain to me why I should put any faith in your theory about theories, when you have a mind which distorts 4 word sentences.This doesn't look good to me when thinking about your ability to observe and analyze the world.Have a nice day!Edited by petrophysics1, : typo

bluegenes,Not to beat on you, but let me point something out.At sea level there are 14.2 invisible pink unicorns per square inch. These pink unicorns attack water and make it so that at sea level the water will boil at 100C.Now at 12,000 ft above sea level there are only 7.1 invisible pink unicorns per square inch and they cannot stop the water from boiling so it boils at a much lower temperature.Suppose this is both your and my understanding of why water boils at different temperatures at different altitudes.Now suppose some fool shows up who says all explanations(theories) are false.Does it make any difference to what we observe?No!The explanation(theory) has nothing to do with the truth of what we see.It appears to me, and this is just my opinion, that a person on this thread is trying to get people to think that if an explanation/theory is wrong then all the observed data is wrong.You and I both know this is incorrect. It has not been stated outright but I wonder why anyone cares if this argument does not go back to the truthful observation.OK, let's look at it this way.All scientific theories are False.So who cares? It has not changed a single thing we can see. The world works the same way. So some explanation we had wasn't exactly correct. It makes no practical difference to us.Maybe we should ask ourselves what would be a person's interest in having us confuse an explanation/theory for the actual facts. It looks to me like someone is trying to get people to buy that because a science explanation/theory is not completely correct....all science and observations are also false.What do you think?