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To: SampleMan
" I know unscientific nonsense when I see it"

yeah... sure.

"...when that evidence can produce the same predictable outcome every single time that its tried,I call that proof.

Since when does evidence predict? A proof is a logical construction, which shows that all other possibilities are impossible. Evidence is simply the result of observation, that supports some mathematical description of physical reality. Evidence does not ever exclude other possibilities. As the strength of evidence increases, the probability of other possibilities decreases.

"There is a great deal of difference between blindly reaching into a box of unknown size and contents, pulling out two matching pieces and pronouncing "all evidence shows", and inventorying all pieces in a box of known size and pronouncing "all evidence shows"."

Grasping for straws?

40 posted on 11/16/2006 12:14:23 PM PST by spunkets
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To: spunkets
You obviously live in a utopian dream, where scientists are pure, and their methods always correct, uneffected by bias, politics, and personal whim.

Sorry, I'm not buying what you're selling.

42 posted on 11/16/2006 12:36:58 PM PST by SampleMan (Do not dispute the peacefulness of Islam, so as not to send Muslims into violent outrage.)
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