On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote:
>> In science if you don't assume materialism then one theory works as well >> (and as poorly) as any other theory. >> > > > It seems you are confusing materialism with falsifiability. > You sound like Bruno, for the last 3 years in every other post he keeps telling me that I confuse this peepee thing with that peepee thing. But never mind, in order for me to falsify your theory I've got to show that the numbers I come up with in my lab don't match the numbers your theory predicts, but everything in my lab is material so if your theory is non-material there is nothing I can do. For example, if your theory is that the planets move in their orbits because invisible angels push them in a way that is identical to Newton's laws then I can't prove it wrong, but if your theory says the angels are visible then it is falsifiable because then it would be material, then it would interact with electromagnetic waves. Even Dark Matter is a materialistic theory, yes Dark Matter doesn't emit or absorb electromagnetic waves but it does change its trajectory, and this change in light can be detected by material telescopes, but angels that do nothing but mimic Newton's laws can't be. John K Clark > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
