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To: I got the rope
In science we don't prove anything...we falsify.

Since when are all scientists Popperian irrationalists?

111 posted on 02/10/2003 6:13:45 PM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
Good question! I don't believe that we are...his definition is too strict. In my opinion, Popper missed the point when scientist use the term "falsification". We falsify in order to make mistakes so that we can recognize them, eliminate them, and move on so that we can get closer to the truth.

I'm starting to like you Clive.

118 posted on 02/10/2003 6:56:10 PM PST by I got the rope
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
Since when are all scientists Popperian irrationalists?

LOL - you really are a Stove fan, aren't you? Go ahead, post his critique of Popper - blowing holes in that one ought to be fun, too ;)

136 posted on 02/10/2003 8:36:51 PM PST by general_re (ABSURDITY, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.)
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