[on falsifiability]
Evo's have stated time and time again here that the only "truths" they have are "truths" that can be proven false ....
huh ??
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This seems more like a simple misunderstanding than true fundie nuttiness (though, given the use of "evo", I'm certain he is a fundie and a nut).
By "can be proven false" we simply mean that some hypothetical set of data exists that would, if found in reality, be inconsistent with the theory and therefore disprove the theory. It does NOT mean that such data has actually been found in reality, merely that there is data that would contradict it *if* found.
This is wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. However, with two pieces of punctuation, and two additional words, it becomes correct:
Evo's have stated time and time again here that the only "truths" they have are "truths" that can, in principle, be proven false.
Hey dprASSe,
No, scientist don't claim "truths" but data and evidence, using a method that allows for falsifiablity, which is why ID is NOT scientific. That is how we, say, validate the meds you should be on.
Anyone want to know the real truth about dprASSe? He's about as far from God as one can get, so don't take his comments about God seriously.
This is a man that left his wife of 20 years, and while dating one woman from Georgia, was banging another in Missouri. He has a son that was born not only out of wedlock, but wasn't even divorced yet from his wife of 20 years. His kids require counseling just to get to the point of speaking to him, let alone spend time with him. So for dprASSe -- he doesn't represent God.
Yes, so experiments can be made to see what reality (or Creation, if you wish) thinks of this truth. If Creation says 'wrong!', back to the drawing board the scientist goes.
That's why they're deemed falsifiable. So ideas and hypotheses can be tested.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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