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[Phys-L] ID and string theory



Despite some of the subsequent responses, my questions about string theory
remain unanswered; they were genuine questions. Please opine about whether
string theory meets the (AAPT's or yours) definition of "science."

Thanks,
Larry




At 5:13 PM -0600 8/25/05, Larry Smith wrote:
At 11:08 AM -0600 8/24/05, Jim Green wrote:
There is as much "evidence" to support ID as there is to support string
theory and about an equal chance that anyone will devise a "scientific"
test to "prove" either.

The AAPT says science is "the systematic enterprise of gathering knowledge
about the world and organizing and condensing that knowledge into testable
laws and theories." Does string theory qualify? More than ID? Are ID and
string theory on the same par as far as the definition of science is
concerned? Should we have a debate about teaching string theory in science
class?

Larry