All 3 Uses of
hypothesis
in
Turtles All the Way Down
- We should call and be, like, hypothetically, if we knew where Pickett was the night he disappeared, how much would that be worth?
p. 77.2 *hypothetically = temporarily treating something as true to advance a discussion
- I had a highly hypothetical conversation with the tip line, and they said that the reward is coming from the company, not the police, so it's up to the company to decide what is relevant, and that the reward would only be given out after they found Pickett.
p. 78.1hypothetical = based on something temporarily treated as true to advance a discussion or to further investigation
- I didn't reply, but I couldn't stop thinking about Daisy, about Ayala, and most of all about the bugs inside and outside of me, and I knew I was being selfish by even making a big deal out of it, making other people's real C. diff infections about my hypothetical one.
p. 226.9hypothetical = supposed
Definitions:
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(1)
(hypothesis as in: a study to test her hypothesis) a seemingly reasonable, but unproven idea or explanation based upon known factsIn casual conversation, theory is a synonym for hypothesis, but a scientist would say that a hypothesis needs to pass rigorous tests before it could be accepted as a theory.
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(2)
(hypothesis as in: assume as a working hypothesis) something that may or may not be true, but is temporarily treated as true to advance a discussion or to further investigationThis sense of hypothesis is typically seen in the form, hypothetical, or hypothetically.