From: Ken Clements (Ken@Innovation-On-Demand.com)
Date: Wed May 22 2002 - 14:39:33 MDT
Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
> Ken asked:
> <<How does one go about testing one of these Ultimate Fate of Life theories?
>
> -Ken>>
>
> With computer modeling based on current observations-same as any other aspect
> of science, mathematics, engineering, economics, etc.
>
> ;-)
Well, that is how one would test a theory for consistency against the existing
body of knowledge. There are limitations. If you get a negative result, you
then have to track through and show that it was due to a problem in the theory,
and not an error in your modeling. If your test comes up consistent, then either
the theory is consistent with existing knowledge, or the model is in error giving
you a false positive, or both. However, even if it is consistent, that does not
tell you that it is true.
The real problem with consistency testing of these UFoL theories is that they
need to be tested against the body of knowledge expected to exist billions of
years in the future. These days, the estimate of the number of galaxies goes up
by an order of magnitude every time they soup up the Hubble. What good would
consistency testing have done Relativity 200 years ago?
-Ken
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