Come now Judah you don't expect most of these people to understand Karl Popper and the philosophy of science. That's worth than trying to get people to understand the concept of theory.
>I'll toss in one more item into this (quite good) discussion on >scientific theory versus a laymans notion of a theory and that is >this: > >A scientific theory not only has explanatory value (it tries to >explain observed phenomena) it also should have predictive value, ie, >it should be able to make verifiable statements about phenomena not >yet observed that can then be tested in future >experiments/observations. > >Cheers, >Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342551 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
