Re: It's all about gasoline!

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From: Duke Kahanamoku
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:28

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On Jun 15, 5:01 pm, Caddyshack...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jun 15, 2:13 am, Duke Kahanamoku <clipper.sm...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Jun 15, 6:13 am, Caddyshack...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > > On Jun 14, 12:17 pm, "Curt" <c...@hevanet.com> wrote:
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> > > > <Caddyshack...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > > > Correction: A person who doesn't understand science, eg one who
> > > > > > doesn't accept the theory of evolution as the only possibly correct
> > > > > > explanation we have of the development of life on earth,
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> > > > > You just demonstrated your ignorance in science. You are a
> > > > > conservative wannabe who's projecting his own deficiencies upon
> > > > > Conservatism. If there were no such thing as creation theory your
> > > > > premise is still wrong.
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> > > > What's creation theory?
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> > > That the universe was created.
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> > That isn't a theory. That's a hypothesis. Creationists argue that it
> > is a scientific theory. To be one it must satisfy the requirements
> > explained here: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theories> Since it
> > doesn't satisfy those requirements, it isn't a scientific theory, and
> > so it can't be compared to or compete with the theory of evolution.
>
> What criteria does it fall short of?

It isn't falsifiable. ie, it can't be tested.

>It would seem that even
> conspiracy theories are theories because, "In this usage, a theory is
> not necessarily based on facts; in other words, it is not required to
> be consistent with true descriptions of reality."

A conspiracy theory could be a scientific theory if it satisfies all
the criteria. I suppose most of them are not because they can't be
tested. Creation Theory is not a scientific theory because it can't be
tested. It makes no predictions that can be tested.

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