Speaking of science and facts: http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/13/0252239/Of-Diamond-Planets-Climate-Change-and-the-Scientific-Method
On Sep 13, 2011, at 11:36 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:342555 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
