(August 7, 2013 at 9:44 pm)popeyespappy Wrote:(August 7, 2013 at 9:01 pm)ManMachine Wrote: The only generally accepted requirement for scientific theory is that it is falsifiable.
I have heard better descriptions of scientific theory from uneducated hillbilly YECs.
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http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/evol...anda.shtml
It's not intended to be a description of scientific theory nor did I present it as such. It's a comment made in context of a point made to another contributor who accepts the point I was making, which would suggest it sufficed for the purpose for which it was intended.
However, if you think there is a debate to be had on the merits of defining Scientific Theory and the accompanying Philosophical arguments for and against, then by all means start another thread.
You might attract another hillbilly who has actually read some of Karl Popper's work and learn yerself some Philosophizin'.
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
