Hypothesis
... A theory is a hypothesis for as long as the time constraint of the hypothesis is not met or can be confirmed to occur exactly the same results each time. “A scientific hypothesis is tested by comparing its conclusions with the reality of the world as it is,” states Henry Petroski in “To Engineer Is Human” (81). Petroski goes on to explain how the principle of engineering, especially structural engineers in creating a design and testing it is similar to that of testing and forming a hypothesis. ... If the bridge successful holds these set amounts under the restricted conditions for a time of two years, the structural engineers’ hypothesis is proven correct. If the bridge collapses the following year under the same set of restrictions it was stated to hold, the hypothesis is now proven false. ... As soon as this held theory was proven wrong by one incident, the theory either must be altered or abandoned until a newly formed hypothesis is formed and proven repeatedly, hence becoming a theory until an incident proves it wrong. Theories are relatively hypothesis such as it is taken for truth that the bees honeycombs are made in hexagons, which bees have been doing for a long time.