To: fishtank
Economy of explanation, or parsimony, is an important principle in science. A single hypothesis that can simultaneously explain multiple phenomena is more likely to be correct than multiple hypotheses needed to explain those same phenomena. There is also the requirement that the hypothesis have predictive explanatory power. It must be able to give a further explanation for something we don't know yet, but on investigation, turns out to be the case.
"ITWASALIENS" and "GODDIDIT" do not apply.
41 posted on
02/15/2013 3:46:51 PM PST by
Oztrich Boy
(I think, therefore I am what I yam, and that's all I yam - "Popeye" Descartes)
To: Oztrich Boy
There is also the requirement that the hypothesis have predictive explanatory power. It must be able to give a further explanation for something we don't know yet, but on investigation, turns out to be the case.
"ITWASALIENS" and "GODDIDIT" do not apply. 
45 posted on
02/15/2013 5:21:21 PM PST by
GraceG
To: Oztrich Boy; fishtank; celmak; GodGunsGuts; Fichori; tpanther; Gordon Greene; ...
"ITWASALIENS" and "GODDIDIT" do not apply. Neither does *ITJUSTHAPPENED*.
Scientists have nothing better to offer just because they kicked God out of their considerations.
57 posted on
02/17/2013 11:11:51 AM PST by
metmom
(For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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