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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 1043 greengirl5 12-Nov-18 20:38
Re: Negative proof theory 199 Jock 12-Nov-18 20:55
Re: Negative proof theory 187 Itatw70s 12-Nov-18 21:04
Re: Negative proof theory 173 Jock 13-Nov-18 00:00
Re: Negative proof theory 174 Enigcom 12-Nov-18 22:39
Re: Negative proof theory 172 Jock 13-Nov-18 00:01
Re: Negative proof theory 184 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 00:22
Re: Negative proof theory 161 Jock 13-Nov-18 01:55
Re: Negative proof theory 161 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 12:27
Re: Negative proof theory 171 Susan Doris 13-Nov-18 17:50
Re: Negative proof theory 166 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 02:00
Half believing 170 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 01:49
I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 184 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 01:56
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 179 Jock 13-Nov-18 06:43
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 182 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 08:53
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 170 Jock 14-Nov-18 00:10
Surprise! 173 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 00:23
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 168 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 12:33
Re: Half believing 167 Jock 13-Nov-18 01:57
Re: Half believing 185 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 02:05
Re: Half believing 170 Susan Doris 13-Nov-18 06:40
Re: Half believing 177 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 09:00
Re: Negative proof theory 187 Susan Doris 13-Nov-18 06:34
Believe it or not 166 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 09:13
Re: Believe it or not 185 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 12:53
The parallel in science 172 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 01:13
Re: The parallel in science 164 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 02:09
Waiting? 172 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 06:12
Re: Waiting? 156 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 06:34
Re: Waiting? 173 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 12:02
Sticking to science 167 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 07:00
Re: Sticking to science 174 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 07:52
Re: Sticking to science 156 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 12:05
Re: The parallel in science 167 Jock 15-Nov-18 00:44
Re: The parallel in science 166 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 01:50
Null hypothesis 171 drrayeye 15-Nov-18 02:56
Ah, nothing! 163 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 03:23
Re: Null hypothesis 168 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 15:25
Re: Null hypothesis 170 drrayeye 15-Nov-18 18:02
Re: Negative proof theory 296 Poster Boy 18-Nov-18 17:49
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 185 Eddie Larry 13-Nov-18 23:58
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 168 Jock 14-Nov-18 00:07
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 175 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 00:29
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 179 Jock 14-Nov-18 05:20
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 173 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 16:33
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 181 Jock 15-Nov-18 01:52
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 158 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 03:23
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 170 Jock 15-Nov-18 05:12
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 150 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 15:00
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 163 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 00:30
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 160 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 00:43
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 173 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 01:57
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 161 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 01:58
WOW! 160 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 06:30
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 175 Jock 14-Nov-18 05:22
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 158 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 16:40
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 171 Jock 15-Nov-18 00:21
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 165 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 02:14
Karl Popper 175 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 02:16
Re: Karl Popper 161 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 02:19
Answering myself 168 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 03:14
Re: Answering myself 180 Jock 15-Nov-18 03:19
Re: Answering myself 175 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 03:27
Re: Answering myself 147 Jock 15-Nov-18 05:14
Re: Answering myself 157 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 06:57
Re: Answering myself 201 jazzmumbles 15-Nov-18 16:48
Re: Answering myself 180 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 21:22
Re: Negative proof theory 180 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 12:45
Scientific proof 157 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 15:02
Re: Scientific proof 171 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 15:53
you're missing the point 181 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 19:08
Re: you're missing the point 167 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:58
Re: you're missing the point 150 Jock 14-Nov-18 21:58
Re: you're missing the point 173 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 22:22
Re: you're missing the point 181 Jock 14-Nov-18 22:36
Re: you're missing the point 175 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 23:06
Re: Scientific proof 159 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:48
Re: Scientific proof 171 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 06:08
Re: Scientific proof 155 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 07:00
Re: Scientific proof 178 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:42
Re: Negative proof theory 169 Enigcom 14-Nov-18 17:26
Re: Negative proof theory 172 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 18:00
Re: Negative proof theory 167 Enigcom 14-Nov-18 18:11
Re: Negative proof theory 179 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 21:15
Re: Negative proof theory 163 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 06:21
Re: Negative proof theory 171 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 07:08
Re: Negative proof theory 158 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 07:49
Re: Negative proof theory 174 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 09:07
Re: Negative proof theory 170 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 13:19
scientism and young minds 175 drrayeye 15-Nov-18 19:40
Re: scientism and young minds 176 Susan Doris 16-Nov-18 06:44
From the rabbit hole again 163 drrayeye 16-Nov-18 07:49
Re: From the rabbit hole again 160 Susan Doris 16-Nov-18 08:22
Re: From the rabbit hole again 167 drrayeye 16-Nov-18 12:33
Re: From the rabbit hole again 162 Susan Doris 16-Nov-18 13:36
In a nutshell 170 greengirl5 16-Nov-18 21:23
Re: In a nutshell 160 Susan Doris 17-Nov-18 05:58
Re: In a nutshell 154 greengirl5 17-Nov-18 21:29
Re: In a nutshell 173 Susan Doris 18-Nov-18 05:43
Re: In a nutshell 164 greengirl5 18-Nov-18 11:14
Corrected "demans" to "demands" 165 drrayeye 16-Nov-18 07:36
Glad to be free! 167 greengirl5 16-Nov-18 11:52
God fixation 177 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:37
Re: God fixation 157 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 06:36
Re: God fixation 189 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 07:13
Re: God fixation 178 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 07:53


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