Heh, I haven't heard anyone mention Popper in quite awhile. Philosophy of Science was a fun class though, I must admit.
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:342554 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
