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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 1073 greengirl5 12-Nov-18 20:38
Re: Negative proof theory 213 Jock 12-Nov-18 20:55
Re: Negative proof theory 197 Itatw70s 12-Nov-18 21:04
Re: Negative proof theory 186 Jock 13-Nov-18 00:00
Re: Negative proof theory 188 Enigcom 12-Nov-18 22:39
Re: Negative proof theory 189 Jock 13-Nov-18 00:01
Re: Negative proof theory 196 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 00:22
Re: Negative proof theory 175 Jock 13-Nov-18 01:55
Re: Negative proof theory 175 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 12:27
Re: Negative proof theory 182 Susan Doris 13-Nov-18 17:50
Re: Negative proof theory 178 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 02:00
Half believing 180 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 01:49
I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 198 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 01:56
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 190 Jock 13-Nov-18 06:43
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 193 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 08:53
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 182 Jock 14-Nov-18 00:10
Surprise! 186 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 00:23
Re: I don't believe the sun will rise tomorrow 183 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 12:33
Re: Half believing 178 Jock 13-Nov-18 01:57
Re: Half believing 194 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 02:05
Re: Half believing 182 Susan Doris 13-Nov-18 06:40
Re: Half believing 187 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 09:00
Re: Negative proof theory 197 Susan Doris 13-Nov-18 06:34
Believe it or not 193 greengirl5 13-Nov-18 09:13
Re: Believe it or not 196 Itatw70s 13-Nov-18 12:53
The parallel in science 183 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 01:13
Re: The parallel in science 176 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 02:09
Waiting? 184 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 06:12
Re: Waiting? 173 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 06:34
Re: Waiting? 187 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 12:02
Sticking to science 180 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 07:00
Re: Sticking to science 184 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 07:52
Re: Sticking to science 170 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 12:05
Re: The parallel in science 180 Jock 15-Nov-18 00:44
Re: The parallel in science 178 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 01:50
Null hypothesis 182 drrayeye 15-Nov-18 02:56
Ah, nothing! 176 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 03:23
Re: Null hypothesis 179 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 15:25
Re: Null hypothesis 180 drrayeye 15-Nov-18 18:02
Re: Negative proof theory 309 PB Bytes 18-Nov-18 17:49
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 198 Eddie Larry 13-Nov-18 23:58
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 179 Jock 14-Nov-18 00:07
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 186 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 00:29
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 192 Jock 14-Nov-18 05:20
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 185 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 16:33
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 195 Jock 15-Nov-18 01:52
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 171 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 03:23
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 183 Jock 15-Nov-18 05:12
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) 162 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 15:00
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 179 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 00:30
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 176 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 00:43
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 186 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 01:57
Re: Negative proof theory (NPT) or P.D. 173 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 01:58
WOW! 176 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 06:30
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 191 Jock 14-Nov-18 05:22
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 169 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 16:40
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 184 Jock 15-Nov-18 00:21
Re: Negative proof is not a theory. 176 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 02:14
Karl Popper 187 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 02:16
Re: Karl Popper 172 Eddie Larry 15-Nov-18 02:19
Answering myself 180 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 03:14
Re: Answering myself 192 Jock 15-Nov-18 03:19
Re: Answering myself 185 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 03:27
Re: Answering myself 162 Jock 15-Nov-18 05:14
Re: Answering myself 169 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 06:57
Re: Answering myself 217 jazzmumbles 15-Nov-18 16:48
Re: Answering myself 191 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 21:22
Re: Negative proof theory 191 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 12:45
Scientific proof 169 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 15:02
Re: Scientific proof 183 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 15:53
you're missing the point 192 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 19:08
Re: you're missing the point 179 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:58
Re: you're missing the point 164 Jock 14-Nov-18 21:58
Re: you're missing the point 184 Eddie Larry 14-Nov-18 22:22
Re: you're missing the point 197 Jock 14-Nov-18 22:36
Re: you're missing the point 187 drrayeye 14-Nov-18 23:06
Re: Scientific proof 172 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:48
Re: Scientific proof 184 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 06:08
Re: Scientific proof 170 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 07:00
Re: Scientific proof 192 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:42
Re: Negative proof theory 179 Enigcom 14-Nov-18 17:26
Re: Negative proof theory 181 Susan Doris 14-Nov-18 18:00
Re: Negative proof theory 176 Enigcom 14-Nov-18 18:11
Re: Negative proof theory 191 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 21:15
Re: Negative proof theory 174 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 06:21
Re: Negative proof theory 181 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 07:08
Re: Negative proof theory 171 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 07:49
Re: Negative proof theory 189 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 09:07
Re: Negative proof theory 181 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 13:19
scientism and young minds 188 drrayeye 15-Nov-18 19:40
Re: scientism and young minds 191 Susan Doris 16-Nov-18 06:44
From the rabbit hole again 175 drrayeye 16-Nov-18 07:49
Re: From the rabbit hole again 170 Susan Doris 16-Nov-18 08:22
Re: From the rabbit hole again 178 drrayeye 16-Nov-18 12:33
Re: From the rabbit hole again 173 Susan Doris 16-Nov-18 13:36
In a nutshell 184 greengirl5 16-Nov-18 21:23
Re: In a nutshell 172 Susan Doris 17-Nov-18 05:58
Re: In a nutshell 167 greengirl5 17-Nov-18 21:29
Re: In a nutshell 184 Susan Doris 18-Nov-18 05:43
Re: In a nutshell 175 greengirl5 18-Nov-18 11:14
Corrected "demans" to "demands" 177 drrayeye 16-Nov-18 07:36
Glad to be free! 179 greengirl5 16-Nov-18 11:52
God fixation 187 greengirl5 14-Nov-18 20:37
Re: God fixation 169 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 06:36
Re: God fixation 201 greengirl5 15-Nov-18 07:13
Re: God fixation 189 Susan Doris 15-Nov-18 07:53


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