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Topic: When is a theory wrong? Action-Reaction investigates!
Replies: 6   Last Post: Dec 5, 2012 5:40 PM

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Re: When is a theory wrong? Action-Reaction investigates!
Posted: Dec 5, 2012 5:40 PM
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On 12/5/2012 2:49 PM, Paul Cardinale wrote:
> On Dec 4, 11:15 pm, "G=EMC^2"<herbertglazi...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Theory is wrong when its a bad idea TeBet- Hide quoted text -
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> Idiot. A theory is falsified when it is not self-consistent, or when
> it predicts values different from those measured in experiments.

Come on Paul, quit injecting the Scientific Method into this
self-laudatory psycho-political discussion...

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