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Simulation Theory according to Dilbert
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RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert
(May 5, 2017 at 2:05 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:
(May 5, 2017 at 12:12 pm)Aoi Magi Wrote: You do understand that one of the most basic tenets of science is it's claims/ideas/theories are all falsifiable, and that's how science works, right? In any branch if even all predictions and claims have been falsified and readjusted to new evidence, then that is science. If in a subject all testable claims have been falsified, yet the new evidence isn't even being considered, that's religion.

You're playing fast and loose with ideas about prediction and falsifiablity. There is an important distinction between findings that can be replicated (i.e. tested) and those that cannot be replicated and therefore cannot be tested. Experiments can be replicated; discoveries cannot. Discoveries only confirm or undermine (falsify) existing theories. There is almost no difference between expecting to find fossils of transitional form in specific strata  and expecting to find an ancient city based on manuscript evidence. Your distinction between science and not science is arbitrary depending on the subject.

Huh? maybe you didn't read what I wrote, but trying to find the fossil and the city based on available information is still science, however whether you choose to update or discard your idea based on the findings, or choose to ignore the findings because they don't match your idea determines science vs non-science.
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Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Neo-Scholastic - April 28, 2017 at 12:08 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Grandizer - April 28, 2017 at 1:45 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by brewer - April 28, 2017 at 6:26 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Grandizer - April 28, 2017 at 8:32 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Brian37 - April 28, 2017 at 8:43 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Grandizer - April 28, 2017 at 9:02 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Brian37 - April 29, 2017 at 12:17 am
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by brewer - April 29, 2017 at 7:20 am
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Angrboda - April 28, 2017 at 4:22 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Brian37 - April 28, 2017 at 5:06 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Brian37 - April 28, 2017 at 4:47 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Brian37 - April 28, 2017 at 6:27 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Angrboda - April 28, 2017 at 7:16 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Brian37 - April 28, 2017 at 8:11 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Aoi Magi - April 29, 2017 at 3:35 am
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Grandizer - April 29, 2017 at 4:37 am
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Grandizer - April 29, 2017 at 8:12 am
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Grandizer - April 29, 2017 at 4:30 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Grandizer - April 29, 2017 at 5:03 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Grandizer - April 29, 2017 at 6:33 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Grandizer - April 30, 2017 at 6:31 am
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by chimp3 - April 30, 2017 at 8:59 am
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Grandizer - April 30, 2017 at 5:38 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by John V - May 3, 2017 at 12:19 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by John V - May 5, 2017 at 11:51 am
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by John V - May 5, 2017 at 12:25 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by John V - May 5, 2017 at 12:55 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by Aoi Magi - May 5, 2017 at 2:17 pm
RE: Simulation Theory according to Dilbert - by John V - May 8, 2017 at 12:04 pm

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