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To: Secret Agent Man

Science is almost entirely inferential. No one has ever seen an electron, or a gravitational field, but we take their existence completely for granted.

You’re really not going to like quantum mechanics, I can see.


7 posted on 04/17/2015 2:29:51 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

“Science is almost entirely inferential. No one has ever seen an electron, or a gravitational field, but we take their existence completely for granted.”

Not seeing something and something not being observable are two entirely different things. We can detect electrons. We can detect gravitational fields (heck, we can even feel those things). We can also construct sensible equations describing their behavior, and make testable predictions about them.

On the other hand, the way scientists decide if “dark matter” is somewhere is if their equations’ predictions don’t match the observations. They can’t construct an equation describing dark matter, or make any testable predictions about it. All they can say is “well our equations don’t work, so something must be there”. That’s not science.


13 posted on 04/17/2015 2:37:44 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Those are proven things you mention. You’re a deliberate charlatan for such a specious comparison.


14 posted on 04/17/2015 2:38:26 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

You need to stop making sense. LOL


15 posted on 04/17/2015 2:44:33 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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