Should theories that no conceivable experiment can confirm be rejected outright?


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Theories that no conceivable experiment can confirm should not be rejected outright.

Armchair theorizing, while very limited in it's usefulness, is essential to our understanding of nature. Logical thought and empirical observation/experimentation should go hand in hand.

 Stand Taken 8/3/2008 3:24 PM

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Theories that no conceivable experiment can confirm should not be rejected outright.

Not necessarily, but I think the question is referring to a hypothesis and not a theory. A theory is a tested hypothesis. But you can't accept it either.

 Stand Taken 7/23/2008 9:59 PM

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Theories that no conceivable experiment can confirm should not be rejected outright.

They may not have been proven, but don't reject them outright if they haven't actually been disproven. Until you find an experiment to actually prove the theory false, then it will just remain an (as ...

 Stand Taken 6/24/2008 10:15 AM

Theories that no conceivable experiment can confirm should not be rejected outright.

No conceivable experiment...today. Who knows what someone will come up with tomorrow.

 Stand Taken 6/24/2008 12:52 AM




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