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To: GodGunsGuts
"Apparently, the word theorem has a slightly different definition with respect to science:

"“There are also “theorems” in science, particularly physics, and in engineering, but they often have statements and proofs in which physical assumptions and intuition play an important role; the physical axioms on which such “theorems” are based are themselves falsifiable.”"

This is wrong. where did it come from? You gave a link to WIKI, but the quote is not contained there. The following quote is given there and it's correct.

"Theorems in mathematics and theories in science are fundamentally different in their epistemology. A scientific theory cannot be proven; its key attribute is that it is falsifiable, that is, it makes predictions about the natural world that are testable by experiments."

Notice that the words theory and theorem are two different words.

53 posted on 04/02/2009 10:55:41 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: spunkets

It’s there, you need to read a little further down.


54 posted on 04/02/2009 11:05:37 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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