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How does one saying "this is not proven; it's just a theory" differ from

a
scientific theory? Not all scientific theories are proven.


Correction. No scientific theory is proven, nor can it be.


So...maths is not science?


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Old 22-07-2003, 06:42 PM
 
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In article , "Bronsing" writes:


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In article , "Jeff Utz"

writes:

How does one saying "this is not proven; it's just a theory" differ from

a
scientific theory? Not all scientific theories are proven.


Correction. No scientific theory is proven, nor can it be.


So...maths is not science?

Actually, no. Math creates its own worlds, science studies the
observable one we have. Math deduces outcomes from premises defined to
be true. Science observes outcomes and attempts to induce the
premises.

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In article RydTa.108914$OZ2.21460@rwcrnsc54,
"Bob White" wrote:


The only way that numbers come into play concerning existential propositions
is that the only reasonable presumption concerning the proposition, "X
exists" is the null, "There is no X."


Null : of, being, or relating to zero
www.m-w.com
(as in, "There are no ETs.")


Thus, the only reasonable presumption concering the proposition
"Septic's knowledge of logic exists" is ...
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Bronsing wrote:
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In article , "Jeff Utz"


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How does one saying "this is not proven; it's just a theory" differ from a
scientific theory? Not all scientific theories are proven.


Correction. No scientific theory is proven, nor can it be.


So...maths is not science?


No.

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