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In article <102936.2005.14241@kcbbs.gen.nz>, Hakki_Kocabas@kcbbs.gen.nz (Hakki Kocabas) writes:
|>   
|> >  Science *is* the study of basic facts, ....  
|>    (science, basic-facts)  
|>   
|> >  ..time, space, matter, interactions, motion, change. All of these are   
|> >  basic facts.   
|>    (basic-facts)  
|>   
|> >  Science is to be judged by facts...  
|>    (science, facts)  
|>   
|> However My Son!  
|> 'fact' is not a fact unless it is prescribed by a theory...in other words  
|> there are NO facts in science unless we prescribe one by a theory...and when  
|> you withdraw the theory away, all the facts attached to it disappear into the 
|> thin air....it is like this; if we didn't invent QM then we wouldn't have   
|> electrons..but, of course, if electrons are _some_ facts for you :-> then  
|> what would you do without QM, you would look like a fish out of pond :-)  

While in general I agree with your response to the simplistic and
uncritical view expressed above, the view you express here is also
a bit simplistic.  For example, it appears to leave no room for the
existence of a phenomenon that is anomalous with respect to the
current theory, thus prohibiting theory change (also, apparently,
making it unnecessary!).
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