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Old 17-April-2008, 03:49 PM
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Talking Assertion according to the rules

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Originally Posted by captain swoop View Post
That's all very well but by the rules of the ATM forum you are expected to support your assertions.
One could argue that the assertion is required when science stops trying to falsify theories it 'feels' comfortable with.

One should argue that the assertion is necessary when science starts 'correcting reality' to fit their theories.

One must try to assert a unified theory if one has one especially as there are now a sufficient number of smaller conflicting theories.

Logic dictates speculation on a replacement should commence well before the total atrophy of an existing system. It is called planned preventative stagnation.

Mathematics assisted the development of the Early Egyptian Empire and then became the cause of 3000 years of stagnation. History has quite a number of repetitive cycles ... this could be one of them.
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