Originally Posted By: macnerd10
The quote of the article is manifestly trivial. This is what differentiates a scientific theory from a "manifestly bogus" one: testability.

"Testable" was contained in the quote. So, you're merely repeating what the quote already said? [i don't get it.]


Originally Posted By: macnerd10
Some people say that science is only what produces testable theories or predictions. By this reasoning many serious minds still consider medicine an art rather than science. Concerning faith in science, one should distinguish between faith in the results one gets (we believe that they are true) and faith of the scientist in general that borders on or is directly related to God's will. The latter could be creationism from the Big Bang to life. Once we can explain the data or a theory by experiments, there is less and less God involved in science. The famous Laplace as you all know answered to Napoleon in this way: </snip>

Laplace was a genius... unfortunately i am not.
[i don't follow what either of you have proved.]