[geocentrism] Falsification of a theory
- From: "Jack Lewis" <jandj.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 22:05:43 +0100
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> This is just not how science is done. Scientists do not set up
> experiments to prove the theories right.
I thought they did, isn't that the whole point of doing an experiment?
"This is what I claimed and I proved it by this experiment" QED.
>They try to falsify the theory
> (it must be falsifiable to be considered a scientific theory).
If this is correct then what does this mean?
>The more they fail to falsify it the more confidence they have in the
theory.
If you consider the theory of evolution, everytime it is shown to be false,
a fudge factor is introduced to make it right again - they can't lose!
Jack
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