[Vision2020] Ripping the Easter Bunny's Head Off : Was:Of, By &
Dave
tiedye at turbonet.com
Tue Mar 18 07:33:10 PDT 2008
Sorry Rodger, but this is incorrect as well (and a pet peeve of mine).
Science, with the exception of some Mathematics, does not ever "prove"
anything. Science is function of disproof. Accepted theories are only
accepted after ALL the alternative theories are proven false. But still
they are only considered accepted theories, never a "proof".
So to restate your sentence correctly one could say "Science is based on
disproving the negative based on repeatable results."
For some reason it seems that few people other then scientists
understand this vital concept.
Dave
lfalen wrote:
> Donovan
> You are correct in that you can not prove there is no god. Science does not work that way. It is difficult if not imposable to prove a negative. Science is based on proving a positive based on repeatable results. This is why any religious belief should be separate from science. Both have value but should not be mixed together.
> Roger
>
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