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TnT says:
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Science deals with proven observable and reproducable facts, then tries
to establish a reasonalbe explanation for those facts. I have no
problem with true science, just theories mascarading as science when
there is little or no proof.
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Please review the scientific method. Theories don't mascarade as
science, theories are what drive science forward into new frontiers.

Envision, if you can, science without theories. If we didn't
"theorize", based on sound empirical data, how or why would we venture
into new scientific domains.

And today's empirically verifiable "facts": where did they come from?
Were they not, at some point, just so much "theory" driving scientists
to verify their veracity?

Galileo started with hypotheses and theories. Einstein had a theory. If
science didn't have theories we wouldn't have technological advances.

It is critical to remember that today's theories (likely tomorrow's
"facts") are based on a huge foundation of data verified through
experimentation. These theories are not the result of fanciful notions
taken from an interesting book of myths.

As an aside, I find it interesting that virtually every culture has
it's own creation mythology -- from Adam and Eve of Christian fame to
the Raven myth of the coastal First Nations of the North American
Pacific coast. These myths are often of local interest only. But, the
scientific theory has fairly universal acceptance. I wonder why?

Cheers,
frtzw906