Good theory

Good theories are simple, powerful, and predictable. Simple or parsimonious, is defined as 'easy to understand' and 'uncomplicated,' while powerful means 'having great effectiveness.' Predictable is stated as 'being an indication of the future or of future conditions.' Charles Lyell sensed that rocks were like cakes in the way that when baking a cake, you put the bottom layer of cake down first and then continue with the upper layers. He discovered that ‘lower is older.’ The Theory of Superstition associates geological and archaeological differences. An example of a theory is that in 1816, Christian Thomsen worked in a museum. It was believed that the Earth was only a few thousand years old back then. Thomsen sorted the disorganized artifacts by placing the stone items together, the bronze items together, and the iron items together. This led him to believe that there were three ages: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. It was easy to prove this theory, and it became known as ‘The Three Age Theory.’