Well, a philosopher would concur....
A theory is simply that which a scientifically-bound experiment would
falsify or verify.
So- if you have a theory, you should also provide the details of the
experiment to prove it.
Thus my argument against the theory of the meme- where's the experiments?
A conjecture does not require an experiment- most of philosophy resides
here.
The 'thought' experiments of the physicists are carefully constructed
ideas of experiments. There's a good bit of philosophy there....
Once the conjectures of the meme seen here and abouts are distilled to
theories with experiments attached- then memetics will start on the road
to scientific validity. I will not be content until these conditions are
met. (Regardless that no-one cares....) Conjecture is fine for the
fireside.
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