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To: PatrickHenry
If, in principle, a belief can't be tested, it isn't a scientific belief.

Why not? In other words, how would you define a scientific belief?

60 posted on 04/06/2003 3:08:52 PM PDT by tame
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To: tame
Me:
If, in principle, a belief can't be tested, it isn't a scientific belief.

You:
Why not? In other words, how would you define a scientific belief?

Any definition would have to include the characteristic of falsifiability. Don't take my word for it; take Karl Popper's.

63 posted on 04/06/2003 3:18:34 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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