Bhairitu:
...I hope I can irritate you more. You are WAY
TOO SERIOUS to be on FFL. :-D
This is funny - a couple of MUM Philosophy Dept
graduates discussing science. LoL!
On 03/06/2013 04:32 PM, Sharalyn wrote:
What you write here not only confuses the issue with a lot of unrelated
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sharalyn homeonthefarm@... wrote:
My undergraduate degree is in philosophy but I can't seem to grasp the
concept of FALSIFIABILITY, and why it is important. Can anyone explain it to
me in some way different than, say, what Wikipedia has to say about it?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sharalyn homeonthefarm@... wrote:
My undergraduate degree is in philosophy but I can't seem to grasp the
concept of FALSIFIABILITY, and why it is important. Can anyone explain it to
me in some way different than, say, what Wikipedia has to say about
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sharalyn homeonthefarm@ wrote:
My undergraduate degree is in philosophy but I can't seem to grasp the
concept of FALSIFIABILITY, and why it is important. Can anyone explain it
to me
Maybe it's the concept of testability that I was not getting. Does
falsifiability mean then that one condenses a theory into a more concise form,
to take it from a generalized (and therefore unprovable) form to a form which
can be tested, such as Meditation produces good results (too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6TNCbXxVyY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6TNCbXxVyY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9S-yXR9l1E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9S-yXR9l1E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wV_REEdvxofeature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wV_REEdvxofeature=youtu.be
The key is being able to answer the question: Is there a test even in
principle, that could show that the theory is false?. It often involves
making the claim more precise. But even your second example: The brain waves
of students practicing TM show increased coherence, might be
On 03/06/2013 01:35 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
The key is being able to answer the question: Is there a test even in
principle, that could show that the theory is false?. It often involves
making the claim more precise. But even your second example: The brain waves
of students
a day every
day for a month. Something like that.
From: Sharalyn homeonthef...@iowatelecom.net
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 2:45 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: falsifiability in science
Maybe it's the concept
I especially enjoyed the third video.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6TNCbXxVyY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6TNCbXxVyY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9S-yXR9l1E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9S-yXR9l1E
What you write here not only confuses the issue with a lot of unrelated fluff,
it complicates it with unsubstantiated personal opinion and an obviously
prejudiced agenda. What gives you any authority to make the claims you make?
Have you personally worked in the research labs? I don't want an
Thanks for the links and for the comments from you and others who responded to
the question intelligently. I think I got it. The links helped.
As an aside to the links related to proving the existence of God,readers might
be interested in knowing that Consciousness is called The Hard Problem,
Good, I hope I can irritate you more. You are WAY TOO SERIOUS to be on
FFL. :-D
On 03/06/2013 04:32 PM, Sharalyn wrote:
What you write here not only confuses the issue with a lot of unrelated
fluff, it complicates it with unsubstantiated personal opinion and an
obviously prejudiced agenda.
Are you resonding to Bhairitu or to Curtisdeltablues here?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sharalyn homeonthefarm@... wrote:
What you write here not only confuses the issue with a lot of unrelated
fluff, it complicates it with unsubstantiated personal opinion and an
obviously
Are you responding to Bhairitu or to Curtisdeltablues here?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sharalyn homeonthefarm@... wrote:
What you write here not only confuses the issue with a lot of unrelated
fluff, it complicates it with unsubstantiated personal opinion and an
obviously
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sharalyn homeonthefarm@... wrote:
(snip)
As an aside to the links related to proving the existence of God,readers
might be interested in knowing that Consciousness is called The Hard
Problem, by philosophers and scientists (see books and articles by Jon
She already responded to your post, and you responded to
her response. So obviously it's Bhairitu (unless she's
done a 180 in the space of less than three hours).
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@...
wrote:
Are you responding to Bhairitu or to
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