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fallacycop
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Message 25 of 249 (492037)
12-26-2008 11:56 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by erikp
12-23-2008 6:01 AM


Bad analogy.
Actually, it was a prety good analogy
gravity is not yet fully observed, and therefore, unproven, and absolutely not a fact.
Say What?
Futhermore, Gdel's incompleteness theorem deducts that there must be observations that do not fit the theory of gravity at all. That is also what Popper clearly states: one day or the other, gravity theory will prove to be false. So, the correct status for gravity theory is necessarily: unproven, false.
Your understanding of the incompleteness theorem seems to be incomplete

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fallacycop
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Message 38 of 249 (494069)
01-13-2009 11:54 AM
Reply to: Message 37 by erikp
01-13-2009 11:42 AM


Re: your "logic" leaps to false conclusions
Even though formally unproven, the point of view that every falsifiable theory will eventually be falsified, and therefore false, is in my opinion, absolutely reasonable.
Good thing you pointed out it's only your opinion

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