Do Theories Have to be Testable to be Scientific?
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Richard Alexander wrote:
Historical events are--surprise!--History, not Science, and
History
is
distinct from Science.
But it might take science to reveal history. The distinction isn't
as clear as you suggest.
There is a difference between science involvement and being a
science.
Many church auditoriums are designed through the science of
acoustics,
but that doesn't mean that religion is a science.
Certain terms have taken on a life of their own. A "quantum leap" or
"quantum advance" is used where we would normally say a "huge leap"
or
a "huge advance." Of course, a true quantum leap is an extremely
small
thing, the difference, say, in electron orbits. Likewise, saying
that
something is not scientific has become akin to saying that something
is erroneous.
I disagree. I would argue that creationism is not scientific, because
the
hypothesis that creation exists is not testable. That does not mean
the
creationism does not exist, only that science cannot answer the
question
whether or not creationism is true.
What prevents us from using the logical, systematic, scientific method
of
investigation to investigate any proposition at all,
Like the proposition "God does not exist"?
That what
snip diversion
"God does not exist" is a proposition, Septic. Your avoidance of that
fact is once again noted.
Septic remains the completely mendacious, dishonest, refuted, and
discredited old idiot fool liar of alt.atheism.
Jeff
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