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Old 12-July-2004, 03:54 PM
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Default "a lot of scientifc theories are not falsifiable"

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Ironically, Jasmine's theory is scientific because it's falsifiable.
Just because something is falsifiable, does not mean that it is scientific. OTOH, the converse is sometimes said to be true, if a theory is scientific, then it is falsifiable, but not everybody necessarily agrees with that.
That's becuase a lot of scientifc theories are not falsifiable.
You have some examples in mind?
How long have you got? But let's save it for another thread, eh. We're getting in the way of good gambling opportunities here!
This reminds me of an article in Nature a few years ago...I'll have to look it up.

In the meantime, let's start the listing. And the bickering.