On 13 May 2014 20:50, <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 12:38:26 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote:
>
>> On 13 May 2014 11:29, John Ross <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I don’t believe I have claimed that my theory is “superior” to existing
>>> theories or that it will “work better” or that it is an “explanatory
>>> improvement” over existing theories.
>>>
>>
>> Then what motivated you to come up with it?
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I do believe it is closer to the truth than existing theories and that
>>> it is a simpler and easier to understand theory as compared to existing
>>> theories.
>>>
>>
>> OK. That is essentially a rephrasing of "superior", "explanatory
>> improvement", etc. A theory should (in theory!) satisfy some criteria to be
>> accepted as scientific ...
>>
>> *   it should explain ("retrodict") all the existing observational
>> evidence
>>
>> *   it should predict the results of observations that have not yet been
>> made, preferably making different predictions from existing theories.
>> (Preferably ones that are surprising!)
>>
>
> Where does Bruno's theory do this?
>
> Ask Bruno :-)

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