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Another Court Mistakes Hypothesis For Theory

Law360, New York (November 4, 2014, 10:15 AM EST) -- While some may imagine that scientific hypotheses are the product of highly educated people with brilliant minds drawing straightforward inferences from compelling evidence, the fact remains that all scientific hypotheses are nothing more than guesses; as every middle schooler taught the scientific method knows, even the best pedigreed hypotheses are usually false. On the other hand, sometimes it's the hypothesis with the most dubious provenance that gets promoted to the status of scientific theory (i.e., one that has survived rigorous testing and is powerfully explanatory), as in the case of benzene's structure....

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