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== 2024.03.08 ==

The word theory or "in theory" is sometimes used outside of science to refer to something which the speaker did not experience or test before.<sup id="cite_ref-5">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory#cite_note-5 [5]]</sup>&nbsp;In science, this same concept is referred to as a&nbsp;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis hypothesis], and the word "hypothetically" is used both inside and outside of science. In its usage outside of science, the word "theory" is very often contrasted to "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_(process) practice]" (from Greek&nbsp;''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praxis praxis]'', πρᾶξις) a Greek term for&nbsp;''doing'', which is opposed to theory.<sup id="cite_ref-mediumthelaw_6-0">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory#cite_note-mediumthelaw-6 [6]]</sup>&nbsp;A "classical example" of the distinction between "theoretical" and "practical" uses the discipline of medicine:&nbsp;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_theory medical theory]&nbsp;involves trying to understand the&nbsp;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality causes]&nbsp;and nature of health and sickness, while the practical side of medicine is trying to make people healthy. These two things are related but can be independent, because it is possible to research health and sickness without curing specific patients, and it is possible to cure a patient without knowing how the cure worked.<sup id="cite_ref-7">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory#cite_note-7 [a]]</sup><br/> <br/> full text link&nbsp;:&nbsp;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory]