Feynman lectured that even accepted "laws" can be refuted many years later with the availability of new data.RetroTechGuy wrote:Actually, this is backwards... It is nothing more than a hypothesis (a guess) until demonstrated to be consistent with nature. To be elevated to "theory" is must be shown consistent (hence things such as the "string theories" are NOT, they are hypotheses -- at the moment, neither testable nor falsifiable).jpeps wrote:Hi RetroTechGuy,
Yes, not withstanding your excellent arguments for rationality in this human insane-asylum, as Feynman noted, scientific theory is only valid until it is disproved by observable (e.g, measurable) events.
I'm expecting a lot more fiascoes related to the "green movement." Nothing in practice is simple...only in theory. Meanwhile, it's been a while since I walked into a restaurant full of cigarette smoke. It took quite a while, first to disprove the ads stating that smoking was good for your health, and then the propaganda that it was sexy. Of course, then they were shuffled off to third world countries.
Many of the largest corporate polluters, such a mining companies, give little back to the local citizens.