From owner-biophys@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Tue May 1 00:41:00 2001 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7B5D17A64 for ; Tue, 1 May 2001 00:40:59 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B21717A76 for ; Tue, 1 May 2001 00:40:57 +0100 (BST) Received: from niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (niobium [193.62.192.41]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9ADC17A64 for ; Tue, 1 May 2001 00:40:53 +0100 (BST) Received: (from news@localhost) by niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (8.9.3+Sun/8.8.8) id AAA18722 for biophys-list@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk; Tue, 1 May 2001 00:40:53 +0100 (BST) X-Authentication-Warning: niobium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk: news set sender to using -f Message-ID: <3AEDF825.54D23CA0@hvc.rr.com> From: Bob Moss X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsgroups: alt.atheism,alt.athiesm,alt.sci.physics,alt.talk.creationism,bionet.biophysics,harvard.course.physics11a.q-a,sci.bio.paleontology,sci.physics,talk.atheism Subject: Re: The "Science" of John Boatwright References: <3AE9B280.8406B3B2@mediaone.net> <3AEADE18.6CDCEC04@mediaone.net> <3aeafab8.259537105@nntp.we.mediaone.net> <3AEB1B0F.5D8C32D3@mediaone.net> <3AEC8193.FA637652@mediaone.net> <3AEC80E6.B2458DB@hvc.rr.com> <3AEC975E.37157E09@mediaone.net> <3AECB09B.83C68B85@mindspring.com> <3AED2DAD.810FE326@mediaone.net> <1103_988647178@GANDALF> <3AED9F76.CDE10BD6@mediaone.net> <3AEDE686.D491671E@mediaone.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 28 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:38:46 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@hvc.rr.com Organization: Time Warner Road Runner - Liberty NY To: biophys@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Sender: owner-biophys@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk George Hammond wrote: > > David Jensen wrote: > snip > > > >[Hammond] > > >There are no fallicies. Don't be an idiot, I'm a graduate physicist, > > >I know what a scientific proof is and what it isn't... > > > > What's a scientific proof, I've never heard of that before. > > [Hammond] > > Definition of a Scientific Proof > (Hammond) > > A scientific proof consists of a comprehensive, > internally consistent theoretical explanation > derivable from the axiomatic "Laws of Physics", > and which, in addition, is overwhelmingly confirmed > by direct experimental evidence. Of course, anybody who knew anything about science knows you can't "PROVE" any theory. YOu can only disprove it. This demonstrates that not only you are an arrogant,delusional idiot, you are also ignorant .