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From: jimbo
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 00:00

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ja...@nwlink.com (Jack Love) writes:
> On Sat, 16 Nov 1996 13:58:29 GMT, cec...@maganet.lognet.it (Marco
> Cecconi) wrote:
> 
> >tyr...@mail.sgi.net wrote:
> >
> >A theory *can* be proven true in a certain "application range".
> >Newtonian Theory of Gravity still holds true for many purposes
> >(including sending Space Shuttles in orbit :). 
> >There _is_ proof that Einstein's 2 relativity theories are correct.
> 
> Ahhh....there is 'evidence' that support General and Special
> Relativity, not 'proof'.  Theories are exactly that and subject
> to 'disproof' by additional evidence but never 'proof'.
> 

You are referring of course to Popper's idea od bold conjectures and
refutations. It is however not as simple as that because in order 
truely disprove a theory one must find sufficient evidence to disprove
the theory. When is a theory ultimately disproven?

Also Lakatos & Kuhn both note that scietists do not in fact seek to
falsify theories but behave as though they assume their truth and seek 
rather to solve any problems associated with the theory.

Love Jimbo :)

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From: jimbo <Matta...@ans.com.au>
Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant... <--off topic on an off topic thread.
Date: 1996/11/20
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