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why do we call it a conspiracy theory and not a conspiracy hypothesis (lemmy.uhhoh.com)
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it’s literally not a theory yet. show me the peer reviewed study

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[–] aldhissla@piefed.world 1 points 1 day ago

Because laypeople don't know the difference, or that the word "hypothesis" even exists and just use "theory" instead.

It doesn't help that they don't understand the word "theory", and that the "theory of gravitation" or "theory of evolution" are not hypotheses...