--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Off, the main reason ID is not taken seriously by > > > > science is that it introduces a metaphysical > > > concept > > > > (ie, a creator) that is not open to scientific > > > > inquiry. If you can not measure/quantify a central > > > > concept of a hypothesis, it's not science. > > > > > > And thusly, much of string theory is and must always > > > be non-science. > > > > I don't know enough about string theory. But they must > > link the concepts back to quantifiable concepts, yes? > > That is, they wouldn't introduce a concept that was > > unmeasurable. > > I can't explain the reasoning, but I have heard prominent physicists > say the above -- that (parts of ) it can never be tested or verified. > Maybe it is the 13 dimension thing. And he said thusly, string theory > is not science. > > I am just suggesting that a hard and fast rule may be problematic. > String Theory sure looks like science to me. But I am an acknowledged > retard.
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