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Originally Posted by thefultonhow Practivally all scientific theories are impossible to prove. To paraphrase Einstein, you can collect millions of pieces of evidence to support a theory and you still won't prove it right, but you need only one strong counterexample to prove it wrong. Scientists have to choose the most plausible theory based on the evidence.

http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/evolution/Theories.shtml

To clear up how the Scientific process occurs. One creates a hypothesis, it becomes theory after much quantitative analysis, and if shown under certain circumstances the same results occur that theory becomes law. I would say many scientific theories are very possible to prove. I think we are getting hung up on the literal meaning of theory. In science its meaning is slightly different.

I don't think in our discussion here a climate change theory(this is a pretty broad statement) will ever become law, due to the very important fact and that is inconclusive data. Scientist have no accurate data prior to a certain period of time. But that does not mean a theory is void of merit or doesn't contain facts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scienti...d_after_people

Just a few scientific laws I could find (named after people). I will crack open the books and find many more.

-Matt