[Pick-A-Hill2019]

T.I.L on HN.

I though that the Big Bang Theory was exactly that - a Theory - yet the NYT assures me that it was (past tense) Just a Theory.

Full (obvious) Disclaimer - IAMNAC (I am not a cosmologist)

[ghaff]

I think you're reading a headline written by an editor who is conflating widely-accepted theory that beat out other competing theories which had heavyweight adherents with not-a-theory anymore.

[dang]

Please don't react to the most objectionable aspect of a title. We can always change the title. I've done so now.

What we want are reflective responses to content, not reflexive reactions to surface bits.

[technothrasher]

The title of the article contributes to the unfortunate but common confusion between the scientific and colloquial meanings of the word "theory".

[dekken_]

it is a theory, it cannot be replicated.