(November 17, 2018 at 3:53 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: I'm not sure why evolution or cosmology would be excluded on basis of verification - both have productive avenues of verification open to them, but lets lay that aside. What other x's do you think should be included, and with what instruments should we measure them?
It's more about the ideology, and eliminating something as a possibility a priori even if it is the best explanation. Using inductive logic from the data that is measured, to come to a conclusion from that data. You are not measuring something directly. Would you eliminate any inference to the best explanation from the category of science if it cannot be directly measured?
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If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther
