Atheist sees image of Big Bang in piece of toast

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

Your cartoonist should replace the word "conclusion" with with the word "theory".

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by photon

Wow, how can you post that with a straight face? A conclusion often takes the form of a scientific theory.

You've never answered the question about what a theory is with relation to science.

He hasnt been given permission to use Google yet Photon...

Here you go Mr Hovind..

I. The scientific method has four steps

1. Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena.
2. Formulation of an hypothesis to explain the phenomena. In physics, the hypothesis often takes the form of a causal mechanism or a mathematical relation.
3. Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to predict quantitatively the results of new observations.
4. Performance of experimental tests of the predictions by several independent experimenters and properly performed experiments.


If the experiments bear out the hypothesis it may come to be regarded as a theory or law of nature (more on the concepts of hypothesis, model, theory and law below). If the experiments do not bear out the hypothesis, it must be rejected or modified. What is key in the description of the scientific method just given is the predictive power (the ability to get more out of the theory than you put in; see Barrow, 1991) of the hypothesis or theory, as tested by experiment. It is often said in science that theories can never be proved, only disproved. There is always the possibility that a new observation or a new experiment will conflict with a long-standing theory.


Introduction to Scientific method

[Matata]

Theres no way I'm getting into another one of these, but the comics have been hilarious so far.

I can't wait till the next installment of Cheese vs Calgaryborn; there'll be a couple of weeks of quiet, someone will whisper 'religion' in the off-topic forum, then its off to the races.

"Your cartoonist should replace the word "conclusion" with with the word "theory". " Oh Calgaryborn, you've done it again.

[Azure]

I liked this thread much better when Calvin and Hobbs were still being posted.

[Dion]

[Dion]

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Azure

...Calvin and Hobbs...

Calvin and Hobbes?

Sorry. I'm a dick.

[algernon]

Holy Smokes! I finally looked in on this thread and a lot of is it blank. Anyone care to recap?*hides*
J/k

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Calvin and Hobbes?

Sorry. I'm a dick.

Yes, yes you are.