(April 2, 2020 at 10:16 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Imagine the smoke coming out of our resident nutballs ears right now, trying to decide which one of the three they most need to take a shit on.
(April 1, 2020 at 5:35 pm)Agnostico Wrote: What you are skeptical with is soft science. Theory of evolution, cosmology, climate change.Modern synth is the unifying theory of biology. Soft science my ass, lol.
These are theoretical sciences. They operate on a far lower standard of evidence and are often driven by peoples beliefs.
Quote:He basically says that if a claim cannot be tested (falsifiable) then it isn't scientificWe can..and in point of mere fact, the bible purports to be just such a test, as well as the events it recounts being just such a test. They either happened, or they did not. If they did not, the god of your magic book is not just falsifiable, it's falsified.
We cannot test if there is or isn't a God, therefore it's not scientific to claim either
Spoiler alert, god has failed those tests. Guess what hasn't? The "soft" science of evolutionary biology.
you can do this but again this is not how the term is used in the philosophy of science. This term falsifiability is an attempt to remove non scientific study from the title or umbrella of science. Now what you propose is the opposite of what this mainstream philosophy suggests. this is you being obstinate, this is you who can not admit how wrong you are, nor have been. This is your blind faith in a measure far greater than a mustard seed, Adhoc-ing what you want to believe and making up shite to support your self. this is you using a term intended for segregation science and scientific study, from pseudoscience to your purpose of incorporating pseudoscience into mainstream science in order to gain legitimacy. Which again is the WHOLE PURPOSE of philosophy of science and it's use of falsifiability! To eliminate the BS people like you want to pretend fall under a scientific subject.
This is what I mean by only having one tool (science) in your intellectual tool box (your mind) if that tool is a hammer you will only see nails so you can use that tool.
Popper saw this and was to separate other intellectual disciplines that were not science from true scientific study. falsifiability was that tool. it meant that if a subject could not be falsified then you need another tool besides a hammer to address the subject.
Now each intellectual discipline has it's own set of checks and balances to vet whatever topic it is used to study. even theology with God. IE this is using a specific discipline rules and regs to "falsify" it's own subjects and subject matter.