Thread: Theory vs fact
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Old 03-02-2008, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Brian W View Post
The best you can say is that given cause or causes 'A' this effect or these effects have been observed this time. Never a guaranty that you have found all the effects and never a guaranty you will always find the same effect or effects the next time.

Brian
The fact is that scientific experiments which 'prove' a theory are only deemed to be good experiments if they are independently verifiable and reproducible.

This is 180 degrees to what you posit, i.e if 'never a guaranty you will always find the same effect or effects the next time' was true of a particular experiment which 'proved' a theory then that particular experiment would be discounted.

Paul
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