And last week we discussed this and I mentioned this list: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-famous-scientific-theories-that-turned-out-to-be-wrong.php
Then I mentioned this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory Essential criteria - It is supported by many strands of evidence, rather than a single foundation, ensuring it is probably a good approximation, if not totally correct. Non-essential criteria Additionally, a theory is generally only taken seriously if: - It is tentative, correctable, and dynamic in allowing for changes as new facts are discovered, rather than asserting certainty. read more... On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > mmm well the essence of science is that it is not dogma, is what I hear you > saying. And any new evidence should of course be weighed. But -- what > Maureen said. They don't call it a theory until there's already a LOT of > evidence to support the model. Sure, something new COULD come to light that > would raise a question. But the consensus is that probably it will not. > Beyond probably. I think it's more that scientific consensus can't envision > a better explanation for the many many facts that underlie it. > > You can always say yes but there is some possibility but then why bother > with science at all? > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 10:10 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > the term "theory" has a very specific meaning in science. I am not sure >> > which theory would need more testing. AFAIK it would not be considered a >> > theory if it did. >> > >> >> All theories need more testing. >> >> Science never stops testing...they never say "welp, that's the end of >> that!" >> >> (Course, that's exactly what Intelligent Design does.....God did it. QED!) >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:342833 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
