RE: virus: Re: The saga continues!

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Mon, 15 Sep 97 11:08:33 -0400

>>> The results of an experiment which can be repeated is proof.
>
>>No it's not, it's failure of disproof.
>
>No, it's not, it's confirmation of non-failure....

If we are talking about the _experiment_, then I am correct with my last
statement, yes?

(Popper aside. And there are people who will actively oppose Popper.)

If we are talking about the _theory_, then experiments are set up to
disprove the theory, and your statement, the second, seems apt.

I ain't missed nuthin'.

The experiment is not the theory. (Except in para-sciences....)

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