Talk:Disproven theories
James Walker
- Can't it still be true about that theory? NBC hasn't said anything and we don't know what order Sylar preformed the head opening in. He could've opened it, taken cyrokinesis and then frozen him.
- He was frozen in the middle of eating breakfast with his hand still in the air, so the freezing had to be very sudden and prior to death. (Admin 17:16, 7 March 2007 (EST))
- See here for a previous discussion. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 02:35, 10 March 2007 (EST)
Claude DL
how has the claude protect DL theory been disproved? just because DL was unaware of his powers doesn't mean some else is? Linderman was aware of Isaac power.JD 22:08, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
- Linderman was aware of Isaac's powers, and so was Isaac. D.L. did not have powers until April 2006; Claude was to be shot for protecting somebody in 1999 or earlier. (BTW, D.L. would have been 24 in 1999.) — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 00:41, 25 March 2007 (EDT)
- Yup. If the Company could tell back then that people where evolved before they displayed powers, they never would have had to give Claire to Mr. Bennet. And since it was the Company he was protecting the person from, it's their abilities to identify evolved humans that counts.--Hardvice (talk) 01:01, 25 March 2007 (EDT)
"Disproven"?
Hi. Is disproven a standard English word??? It isn't in the dictionaries I've checked (Merriam-Webster, American Heritage, and Dictionary.com). (There are lots of occurrences of it per Google, but none authoritative language-wise from what I saw.) According to the dictionaries, there's proven and unproven, but no disproven. The proper related form is disproved.
I think disproven could be replaced with either debunked, refuted or disproved. Refute is a synonym of disprove. Debunk is not an exact synonym -- being used usually for legends or rumors (that some have already believed and circulated as true/fact) than for theories (which strictly speaking implies proposal and further need for proof) -- but sounds cooler (to me) than refute and disprove. --Mercury McKinnon 08:29, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
- I can't say since I'm french and grammar isn't my best friend but I like this kind of post ahah :) This website is about to be perfect and I like it :) -- FrenchFlo (talk) (contribs) 08:35, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
- Hey, Frenchflo. Actually, I was/am a bit apprehensive that this foray into semantics might get a big "who the f*** cares!" response. Merci beaucoup! :-) --Mercury McKinnon 08:44, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
- Well I think I'm not the only one here to be perfectionnist, and remember, we don't have many things to do since Heroes is on a break. So if we can use the occasion to improve this Wiki quality I think it's a good thing. Let the talk continue! -- FrenchFlo (talk) (contribs) 08:49, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
- I care very much about grammar. I don't care that "disproven" is not in the dictionary. It's perfectly understood, and is a fine word, in my opinion. But if someone would like to go through and change all the links/jumps (there are a lot on the theories pages), well, I'll let them tackle that one. :) In the meantime, I've taught the word to my spellchecker, and I'm happy to follow in Shakespeare's footsteps. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 14:23, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
- Well I think I'm not the only one here to be perfectionnist, and remember, we don't have many things to do since Heroes is on a break. So if we can use the occasion to improve this Wiki quality I think it's a good thing. Let the talk continue! -- FrenchFlo (talk) (contribs) 08:49, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
- Hey, Frenchflo. Actually, I was/am a bit apprehensive that this foray into semantics might get a big "who the f*** cares!" response. Merci beaucoup! :-) --Mercury McKinnon 08:44, 28 March 2007 (EDT)