At 08:21 AM 11/28/00 -0500, it was written:
>A key logical concept used in Science for determining the
>truth about reality is called Proof by Elimination (PE). If
>there is a theory that describes a certain reality and all
>possible hypothesis for explaining that certain reality are
>false except for one hypothesis, then PE implies that this one
>non-false hypothesis is true. For example, if there were 10
>different possible hypothesis for explaining a certain event
>and it was shown that 9 out of the 10 were implausible,
>implying they were false, then there would be a logical case
>that the one remaining plausible hypothesis was true.
You have no room for unknown causes. In your "example"
there are 10 "possible" explanations. In practice, only the
explanations that are known to be possible can be among the
10. You eliminate 9 as implausible or false. The remaining
hypothesis is only a possible explanation not proven false.
You can't imply "true" unless you can test your hypothesis
with experiments where you can predict the outcome and
get the outcome you predicted. Miracles are not repeatable
through experimentation. Therefore, you can never prove
that anything was the product of an act of miraculous
intervention.
Have a good day.
Dick Fischer - The Origins Solution - www.orisol.com
"The answer we should have known about 150 years ago."
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