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To: tame
In other words, simply because a belief or theory is not subject to repeatable and observational "operational" scientific testing, this does not mean that belief or theory is false.

That is correct!

However, if something is untestable, that is, it has no practical consequence (there is nothing you can apply it to that would be different if you didn't) what is the point of it. If there is a practical consequence, then it can be tested. Otherwise, why believe it?

This is the principle of Occam's razor. If everything is explained, additional explanations are a mistake. Do you see that?

Hank

98 posted on 04/06/2003 5:13:33 PM PDT by Hank Kerchief
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To: Hank Kerchief
However, if something is untestable, that is, it has no practical consequence...

I do not grant that something is not practical consequencially because it is untestable.

Many scientific 'singularities' are universally accepted by scientists even though, by defintion, such singularities are not repeatable and observable.

If there is a practical consequence, then it can be tested. Otherwise, why believe it?

Scientists don't stop believing in singularities in science/physics simply because singularities cannot be tested by repeatability and observation.

In fact, I can think of at least one singularity which is held almost universally by Physicists.

Repeatability and observation are relevent to operational science, but not necessarily to forensic science. There's a difference between operation science and forensic science.

177 posted on 04/07/2003 2:17:12 PM PDT by tame
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