On Monday, June 10, 2013 15:20:13 Nathan England wrote: > > Interesting. I agree with what Charles said, my only concern is the > scientist who crafts the experiment to prove his hypothesis in a particular > situation. > > Example: > > I believe that if I close my eyes and I cannot see something, then it > doesn't exist. I can see and hear my children playing in the background. > When I close my eyes I cannot see them, but I can still hear them, so they > exist still in theory. But if I go to a quite dark room where I can no > longer hear my children, when I shut my eyes, do they still exist? > > Obviously, this is a stupid example, but the point is I can craft an > experiment to prove my children do not exist.
More important is not that you can create an experiment to prove your hypothesis, but that you can create an experiment that disproves that hypothesis. By disproving it in a verifiable way once, all of your "proving evidence" has been disproved. -- Jessie A. Morris 801-210-1526 [email protected] /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
