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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 302124" data-attributes="member: 175144">followed by followed byIf I recall, 'Goerge Smith' dabbled with faster than light communication in at least one of his stories.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite53" alt=":confused" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused" /> Theory does not equate to reality, it is a theory. Spiney should (have) know(n) ;) that there is never certainty in anything, and all scientists work on the basis that nothing is absolute.Anyone wishing to check what 'theory' actually means may do so, I will bother giving starters.<img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />Pronunciation: 'thE-&amp;-rE, 'thir-EFunction: nounInflected Form(s): plural -riesEtymology: Late Latin theoria, from Greek theOria, from theOrein1 : the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another2 : abstract thought : SPECULATION3 : the general or abstract principles of a body of fact, a science, or an art &lt;music theory&gt;4 a : a belief, policy, or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action &lt;her method is based on the theory that all children want to learn&gt; 4 b : an ideal or hypothetical set of facts, principles, or circumstances -- often used in the phrase in theory &lt;in theory, we have always advocated freedom for all&gt;5 : a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena &lt;the wave theory of light&gt;6 a : a hypothesis assumed for the sake of argument or investigation 6 b : an unproved assumption : CONJECTURE 6 c : a body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject &lt;theory of equations&gt;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 302124, member: 175144"] followed by followed by If I recall, [I]'Goerge Smith'[/I] dabbled with faster than light communication in at least one of his stories.:confused: Theory does not equate to reality, it is a theory. Spiney should (have) know(n) ;) that there is never certainty in anything, and all scientists work on the basis that nothing is absolute. Anyone wishing to check what 'theory' actually means may do so, I will bother giving starters.:) Pronunciation: 'thE-&-rE, 'thir-E Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural -ries Etymology: Late Latin theoria, from Greek theOria, from theOrein 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> 4 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 6 b : an unproved assumption : CONJECTURE 6 c : a body of theorems presenting a concise systematic view of a subject <theory of equations> [/QUOTE]

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