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Re: The Brick Testament - More Teachings of Jesus
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:21:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:
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I believe that many predictions of the Big Bang theory have been verified
which is why I say there is an overwhelming body of evidence for it. There is
admittedly far more evidence not against it but that isn’t what I was
referring to.
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Well, I’m trying to be strictly accurate there. It’s not that the evidence
proves the conclusion, it’s that the evidence doesn’t contradict the conclusion.
If we had (for example) two conflicting ideas about the origin of the universe
(the Big Bang Theory and the Invisible Minifig Theory), but somehow BOTH of them
fit all the available evidence, science doesn’t know what to do.
Well, that’s not really true-- Science knows *exactly* what to do. It tries to
figure out some experiment which will definitely contradict ONE of the two
theories, no matter WHAT its outcome. It tries to conduct the experiment, and
see what new evidence it yields. If the experiment was a good one, then one or
both theories is/are invalidated.
Hence, speaking in the strictest possible terms, the evidence doesn’t actually
*support* the Big Bang, but instead invalidates any *other* falsifiable theory
that people have come up with to date (that I know of).
DaveE
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) I have avoided using the word "proved" for that very good reason. (...) However in the absence of the alternate theory then the evidence supports the one theory. Which is why the Big Bang Theory is now commonly named as such whereas it used to (...) (18 years ago, 24-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton wrote: --snip-- (...) --snip-- (...) I believe that many predictions of the Big Bang theory have been verified which is why I say there is an overwhelming body of evidence for it. There is admittedly far more (...) (18 years ago, 24-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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