[gore3000]

A scientific law is no more authoritative than a scientific theory.

Aaaah, more semantics. A theory is garbage if it is not scientifically supported by the facts. That is what the discussion is about, not about the meaning of 'is', or 'alone' or 'theory'.

[Nataku X]

You're absolutely correct that a scientific theory is garbage if there is no evidence supporting it. Cheers.

[Nataku X]

Rather than clarifying what I meant, I'll remind you of the original point I was making...

ml/nj was arguing that SAT scores made one more of a scientific authority. My brother got a 1590 on the SAT, but he was only a lawyer by training and made the very common mistake of confusing a scientific theory with a scientific hypothesis. Someone educated in science would not make that argument. He's a brillant budding lawyer, not a scientist.

I, too, don't like semantics, and I'm not going to get into an argument on (law vs. theory vs. hypothesis). You and Alamo-Girl usually make high quality arguments, my brother did not, and the original point was that having a 1590 SAT did not put him on the level of Gould. So what? Cheers.

[Dataman]

A theory is garbage if it is not scientifically supported by the facts.