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>From: pindor@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: Cargo Cult Science
Message-ID: <1992Jan22.183906.24919@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
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References: <92Jan15.081805est.14473@neat.cs.toronto.edu> <6030@skye.ed.ac.uk> <1992Jan21.182930.8953@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1992 18:39:06 GMT

In article <1992Jan21.182930.8953@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> dlyndes@deltahp.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
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>   A) A theory such as F = k m1 m2 / r^2 makes NO predictions whatsoever.
 
Really? How about this: If a mass is twice as big the gravitational force will
be twice as big . Or: the gravitational force decreases with the square of
the distance . Aren't these verifiable (refutable) predictions?

Rest of the posting is based on 'logic' similiar to the statement A).

>| David K. Lyndes                     | "In 50 years, if we're nice to them,  |
>| Barrios Technology                  |  computers will keep us around as     |
>| email: dlyndes@deltahp.jsc.nasa.gov |  pets." --anon.                       |
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