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To: freebilly
Well, Galileo proved, ...

He did nothing of the sort. Proof is a deductive concept. Scientific theories are never proved but may be or disproved by evidence. When the evidence aligns with the theory we say it confirms the theory, but this isn't the same as proof.

Now you know.

65 posted on 10/20/2005 9:17:48 PM PDT by edsheppa
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To: edsheppa
When the evidence aligns with the theory we say it confirms the theory, but this isn't the same as proof.

Spoken with your best high school science teacher voice. Don't you get tired of something you read in a textbook?

67 posted on 10/20/2005 9:19:31 PM PDT by freebilly (Go USF Baseball!)
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To: edsheppa

PARROTING something you read in a textbook.


69 posted on 10/20/2005 9:20:22 PM PDT by freebilly (Go USF Baseball!)
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