[UA] "I believes in Science!"

[Epoch]

On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Andrew wrote:

> Friday, June 15, 2001, 2:03:13 AM, Epoch wrote:
> 
> E> The fundamental axiom of science is "what is observed empirically serves
> E> as a predictor for the future."  That's as unprovable as anything in
> E> religion, and as much of a leap of faith.
> 
> Aah, but, as well as being an axiom, it's a testable theory as well.
> Should it ever be proved wrong, Science can then abandon it, and
> disband.

Circular argument.  The way science tests things is by relying on this
axiom.  It's like saying, in geometry "We define parallel lines as lines
which never cross."  "We've never found any parallel lines that do cross,
so our axiom must be true."

Mike

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