To: Pantera; WildTurkey; Tribune7; shubi; Michael_Michaelangelo; Chaguito; spitlana; Liberal Classic; ..
Something for all to think about before you defend your theories to much.
...but those who uphold it dogmatically [a system] . . . are adopting the very reverse of that critical attitude which in my view is the proper one for the scientist. In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; . . . If you insist on strict proof (or strict disproof) in the empirical sciences, you will never benefit from experience, and never learn from it how wrong you are.
Karl R. Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery In the article "evolution", "ID" or "Creationism" is never mentioned.
1,979 posted on
02/11/2005 3:27:19 PM PST by
MHalblaub
(Tell me in four more years (No, I did not vote for Kerry))
To: MHalblaub
You may just find yourself the new dartboard.
Regardless of Dr. Popper, I still think gravity is real. ;)
To: MHalblaub
From the article:
The common view is that as we eliminate falsity, what we have left is closer to the truth. In other words, along with the current theory, we have a list of theories or hypotheses which have been discarded, never to be entertained again. This is not always the case, though. Consider the gravitational constant. Einstein once called it his "greatest mistake," discarding it. However, now there are new studies coming out in which people are finding it a useful postulate.
2,002 posted on
02/11/2005 3:41:24 PM PST by
Liberal Classic
(No better friend, no worse enemy. Semper Fi.)
To: MHalblaub
Can't argue with that even if I am the missing link :-)
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