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Old 03-02-2008, 12:03 PM
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Many "facts" can only be interpreted in terms of a theory. If you point at Rigel and say "There it is--fact", you are relying on the theory that light travels in (approximately) straight lines. If you say that the sun has such and such a temperature, you are using spectroscopic theory. There are very few (if any) "facts"
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