[Phys-L] Re: ID defenders

[jlu at HEP.ANL.GOV (Jack Uretsky)]

Hi all-
        People who do physics experiments are not stupid.  Predictions
that are made after the experimental fact is determined are either not
accepted or, if appropriate, are heavily discounted.  Current experiemnts,
involving hundreds of experimenters, erect barriers to separate different
parts of an experiment so that results are not contaminated by
expectations.
        The deuterium content of the universe, referred to in a previous
post, is a case in point.  The content was predicted before the
measurement was made.
                                Regards,
                                        Jack

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Brian Whatcott wrote:

> At 11:22 AM 8/26/2005, Robert Cohen,  you wrote:
> > ///
> > If the big bang was true, certain things should be observable in the
> > current universe and other things should not.  If evolution was true,
> > certain things should be observable in the current universe and other
> > things should not.  Are you saying that this does not count as testable?
> ///
>
> > ____________________________________________________
> > Robert Cohen; 570-422-3428; www.esu.edu/~bbq
> > East Stroudsburg University; E. Stroudsburg, PA 18301
>
>
> I see that I have $27 in my wallet.
>
> If it were true that a dollar bill started to materialize each day
> in my wallet, starting on the last day of July, and it turns out that
>   I do in fact have $27 in my wallet, as I just confirmed,
>   is this not a demonstration of a testable theory?
>
> That's science then, much to my surprise!
>
> :-)
>
>
>
> Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!

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