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To: donmeaker

“Any notion not capable of being tested is not science”.

Over and over I see this assertion and never ever any offer as to why it holds true for somethings while things like

scientific study of prayer...

string theory...

multiverse theory...

global warming...

evolution/materialistic origins...

get a complete free pass.

Double standards anyone?


108 posted on 09/28/2009 3:05:52 PM PDT by tpanther (Science was, is and will forever be a small subset of God's creation.)
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To: tpanther

You can hypothesize...but with out a test to see if it is reality vs. wild speculation, it can not be distinguished from wild speculation.

Scientific study of prayer-if you assert that prayer heals disease, you can do a test of that, compared to alternative treatments, or even between Amoth-Sog and Cthulu. Alas, some tests leave you unable to reject the null hypothesis, and you end up learning nothing.


117 posted on 09/28/2009 8:57:48 PM PDT by donmeaker (Invicto)
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