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Re: you're missing the point
Author: Eddie Larry ()
Date: November 14, 2018 10:22PM
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Jock stated
You have made an incorrect statement. Scientists work to understand theories by trying to disprove them. When they succeed, the theory is discarded and a new one tried.

Theories that have not yet been disproved are accepted provisionally as useful. Theories that have no mechanism for disproving them (such as string theory or gods) can be examined, but are ultimately meaningless and putting belief into them is useless wanking.

Hi Jock, I suggest that you version of Karl Popper’s theories represents a philosophy of science rather than a direct observation of science. See [en.m.wikipedia.org] It sounds good to some but I don’t think it adequate to describe actively pursued science or , even, your resonance theory. But that is just me. How does a person falsify your resonance theory, for example?

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Negative proof theory 1113 greengirl5 12-Nov-18 20:38
Re: Negative proof theory 234 Jock 12-Nov-18 20:55
Re: Negative proof theory 211 Itatw70s 12-Nov-18 21:04
Re: Negative proof theory 197 Jock 13-Nov-18 00:00
Re: Negative proof theory 202 Enigcom 12-Nov-18 22:39
Re: Negative proof theory 201 Jock 13-Nov-18 00:01
Re: Negative proof theory 214 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 00:22
Re: Negative proof theory 185 Jock 13-Nov-18 01:55
Re: Negative proof theory 188 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 12:27
Re: Negative proof theory 197 Susan Doris 13-Nov-18 17:50
Re: Negative proof theory 191 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 02:00
Half believing 192 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 01:49
I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 213 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 01:56
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 201 Jock 13-Nov-18 06:43
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 209 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 08:53
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 195 Jock 14-Nov-18 00:10
Surprise! 200 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 00:23
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 195 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 12:33
Re: Half believing 192 Jock 13-Nov-18 01:57
Re: Half believing 207 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 02:05
Re: Half believing 195 Susan Doris 13-Nov-18 06:40
Re: Half believing 202 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 09:00
Re: Negative proof theory 212 Susan Doris 13-Nov-18 06:34
Believe it or not 209 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 09:13
Re: Believe it or not 213 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 12:53
The parallel in science 195 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 01:13
Re: The parallel in science 190 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 02:09
Waiting? 196 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 06:12
Re: Waiting? 193 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 06:34
Re: Waiting? 205 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 12:02
Sticking to science 193 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 07:00
Re: Sticking to science 200 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 07:52
Re: Sticking to science 183 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 12:05
Re: The parallel in science 191 Jock 15-Nov-18 00:44
Re: The parallel in science 190 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 01:50
Null hypothesis 195 drrayeye 15-Nov-18 02:56
Ah, nothing! 192 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 03:23
Re: Null hypothesis 194 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 15:25
Re: Null hypothesis 193 drrayeye 15-Nov-18 18:02
Re: Negative proof theory 323 PB Bytes 18-Nov-18 17:49
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 211 Eddie Larry 13-Nov-18 23:58
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 192 Jock 14-Nov-18 00:07
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 199 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 00:29
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 207 Jock 14-Nov-18 05:20
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 196 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 16:33
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 208 Jock 15-Nov-18 01:52
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 183 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 03:23
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 194 Jock 15-Nov-18 05:12
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 175 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 15:00
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 192 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 00:30
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 189 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 00:43
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 203 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 01:57
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 182 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 01:58
WOW! 188 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 06:30
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 206 Jock 14-Nov-18 05:22
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 180 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 16:40
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 196 Jock 15-Nov-18 00:21
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 188 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 02:14
Karl Popper 200 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 02:16
Re: Karl Popper 181 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 02:19
Answering myself 193 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 03:14
Re: Answering myself 202 Jock 15-Nov-18 03:19
Re: Answering myself 197 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 03:27
Re: Answering myself 173 Jock 15-Nov-18 05:14
Re: Answering myself 182 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 06:57
Re: Answering myself 249 jazzmumbles 15-Nov-18 16:48
Re: Answering myself 205 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 21:22
Re: Negative proof theory 204 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 12:45
Scientific proof 182 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 15:02
Re: Scientific proof 199 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 15:53
you're missing the point 206 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 19:08
Re: you're missing the point 191 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:58
Re: you're missing the point 179 Jock 14-Nov-18 21:58
Re: you're missing the point 198 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 22:22
Re: you're missing the point 212 Jock 14-Nov-18 22:36
Re: you're missing the point 200 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 23:06
Re: Scientific proof 184 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:48
Re: Scientific proof 196 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 06:08
Re: Scientific proof 182 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 07:00
Re: Scientific proof 204 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:42
Re: Negative proof theory 193 Enigcom 14-Nov-18 17:26
Re: Negative proof theory 190 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 18:00
Re: Negative proof theory 186 Enigcom 14-Nov-18 18:11
Re: Negative proof theory 199 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 21:15
Re: Negative proof theory 186 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 06:21
Re: Negative proof theory 192 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 07:08
Re: Negative proof theory 181 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 07:49
Re: Negative proof theory 202 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 09:07
Re: Negative proof theory 192 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 13:19
scientism and young minds 201 drrayeye 15-Nov-18 19:40
Re: scientism and young minds 204 Susan Doris 16-Nov-18 06:44
From the rabbit hole again 185 drrayeye 16-Nov-18 07:49
Re: From the rabbit hole again 182 Susan Doris 16-Nov-18 08:22
Re: From the rabbit hole again 187 drrayeye 16-Nov-18 12:33
Re: From the rabbit hole again 185 Susan Doris 16-Nov-18 13:36
In a nutshell 197 greengirl5 16-Nov-18 21:23
Re: In a nutshell 184 Susan Doris 17-Nov-18 05:58
Re: In a nutshell 181 greengirl5 17-Nov-18 21:29
Re: In a nutshell 194 Susan Doris 18-Nov-18 05:43
Re: In a nutshell 186 greengirl5 18-Nov-18 11:14
Corrected "demans" to "demands" 189 drrayeye 16-Nov-18 07:36
Glad to be free! 191 greengirl5 16-Nov-18 11:52
God fixation 199 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:37
Re: God fixation 178 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 06:36
Re: God fixation 214 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 07:13
Re: God fixation 200 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 07:53


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