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To: fortheDeclaration
Thus, Evolution, since it cannot be disproven with science, is,(according to Popper's definition), not scientific.

You have already been informed that Popper accepts evolution as being valid science.

329 posted on 06/07/2007 2:34:25 PM PDT by ColdWater
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To: ColdWater
Thus, Evolution, since it cannot be disproven with science, is,(according to Popper's definition), not scientific. You have already been informed that Popper accepts evolution as being valid science.

Not according to his own definition it isn't.

333 posted on 06/07/2007 3:03:24 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (We must beat the Democrats or the country will be ruined! - Lincoln)
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To: ColdWater

Thomas Kuhn’s famous book on scientific revolutions showed that real scientists don’t work the way Popper said. In reality, scientists can tolerate many anomalies in the ruling paradigm, and it takes a lot for this to be overthrown and replaced with a new paradigm. And Imre Lakatos pointed out on a logical level that theories don’t stand on their own, but are protected by auxiliary hypotheses. The falsification can be applied to one or more of these, while leaving the core theory intact. See this logical discussion on verification and falsification.

http://www.answersingenesis.org/Home/Area/feedback/2003/0207.asp


334 posted on 06/07/2007 3:12:10 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (We must beat the Democrats or the country will be ruined! - Lincoln)
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