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| From | Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Falsifiable and Unfalsifiable Theories in Physics |
| Date | 2016-06-22 11:29 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <dsu7vnFidhbU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <7ae6fe9d-f471-4e9e-97fa-88429fd5c997@googlegroups.com> |
On 21/06/2016 6:04 PM, Pentcho Valev wrote: > Only deductive theories are falsifiable, that is, only for them does > it make sense to think of an observation or an argument which negates > some conclusion of the theory. For instance, it is easy to show that > the conclusions of Einstein's special relativity, which is > undoubtedly deductive, are absurd. One of them, length contraction, > implies that unlimitedly long objects can be trapped inside > unlimitedly short containers: Theories are falsified by actual experiments, not thought experiments. Please try the relativistic barn and pole experiment for real, preferably closely observed by your good self, but a long way from anyone else. Sylvia.
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Falsifiable and Unfalsifiable Theories in Physics Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-21 01:04 -0700
Re: Falsifiable and Unfalsifiable Theories in Physics Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-21 03:01 -0700
Re: Falsifiable and Unfalsifiable Theories in Physics Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-21 16:42 -0700
Re: Falsifiable and Unfalsifiable Theories in Physics Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-06-22 11:29 +1000
Re: Falsifiable and Unfalsifiable Theories in Physics Mikkel Haaheim <mikkelhaaheim@gmail.com> - 2016-06-22 00:58 -0700
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