• Cool quote from Dr. Karl Popper! (And, perhaps, some more.)

    From Dawn Flood@Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com to alt.atheism on Sun Jun 28 10:32:17 2026
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    Here it is:

    "In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak
    about reality."

    The Wikipedia article on him has another great quote:

    "The whole thing goes back to myths which, though they may have a kernel
    of truth, are untrue. Why then should the Jewish myth be true and the
    Indian and Egyptian myths not be true?"

    Here's a definition of science that I gave in the comment section on a
    recent podcast of Professor Bart Ehrman's called "Three 'Myths' Atheists Believe":

    "Scientific truth is contingent truth, testable & correctable, with falsifiability being a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for an observational and/or experimental datum that can be advanced for or
    against the predictions of a scientific model."

    Comments? (Other than JTEM, Dale or Dr. Andrew.)

    Dawn
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  • From jojo@f00@0f0.00f to alt.atheism on Sun Jun 28 15:52:36 2026
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    Dawn Flood wrote:
    Here it is:

    "In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it
    must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it
    does not speak about reality."

    The Wikipedia article on him has another great quote:

    "The whole thing goes back to myths which, though they may have a
    kernel of truth, are untrue. Why then should the Jewish myth be
    true and the Indian and Egyptian myths not be true?"

    Here's a definition of science that I gave in the comment section
    on a recent podcast of Professor Bart Ehrman's called "Three
    'Myths' Atheists Believe":

    "Scientific truth is contingent truth, testable & correctable,
    with falsifiability being a necessary, but not sufficient,
    condition for an observational and/or experimental datum that can
    be advanced for or against the predictions of a scientific model."

    Comments?-a (Other than JTEM, Dale or Dr. Andrew.)

    Dawn

    well i would say that you should have said it more shortly, for
    example, a scientific model is a temporary model and gets updated
    when new data is presented.

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  • From Attila@prochoice@here.now to alt.atheism on Sun Jun 28 18:35:29 2026
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    On Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:32:17 -0500, Dawn Flood
    <Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com> in alt.atheism with message-id <111req2$3n0hu$1@dont-email.me> wrote:

    Here it is:

    "In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be >falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak
    about reality."

    The Wikipedia article on him has another great quote:

    "The whole thing goes back to myths which, though they may have a kernel
    of truth, are untrue. Why then should the Jewish myth be true and the
    Indian and Egyptian myths not be true?"

    Here's a definition of science that I gave in the comment section on a >recent podcast of Professor Bart Ehrman's called "Three 'Myths' Atheists >Believe":

    "Scientific truth is contingent truth, testable & correctable, with >falsifiability being a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for an >observational and/or experimental datum that can be advanced for or
    against the predictions of a scientific model."

    Comments? (Other than JTEM, Dale or Dr. Andrew.)

    Dawn

    Anything accepted as fact requires supporting evidence to
    insure it is not myth, error, lies, or fiction.
    --


    Every person in the US is here either
    legally or illegally. Those that are
    here illegally should be afraid.
    Be very afraid. It does not matter
    how long you have been here. It does
    not matter why you are here. It does not
    matter what you have done legally while you
    were here. It does not matter what any
    relative may have done while you were here.
    It only matters that you are here illegally.
    It may take a day, a week, a year, or longer
    but we will find you and we will deport you.
    Be prepared.

    Deport them all.

    Due process:
    Q. Are you here legally? If so, where is
    the documentation to establish that?


    All politicians are trained to lie
    and make those lies sound like
    the truth. They start with the biggest
    lie of all: Politicians are public
    servants.

    Some of the Republican positions I find disgusting
    and abhorrent.
    Most of the Democratic positions I find terrifying.

    I support:

    A Constitional Amendment establishing
    the Freedom of Choice.

    The elimination of public expression,
    display or support of religion or
    religious positions.
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  • From Dawn Flood@Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com to alt.atheism on Mon Jun 29 09:48:19 2026
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    On 6/28/2026 10:52 AM, jojo wrote:
    Dawn Flood wrote:
    Here it is:

    "In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be
    falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak
    about reality."

    The Wikipedia article on him has another great quote:

    "The whole thing goes back to myths which, though they may have a
    kernel of truth, are untrue. Why then should the Jewish myth be true
    and the Indian and Egyptian myths not be true?"

    Here's a definition of science that I gave in the comment section on a
    recent podcast of Professor Bart Ehrman's called "Three 'Myths'
    Atheists Believe":

    "Scientific truth is contingent truth, testable & correctable, with
    falsifiability being a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for an
    observational and/or experimental datum that can be advanced for or
    against the predictions of a scientific model."

    Comments?-a (Other than JTEM, Dale or Dr. Andrew.)

    Dawn

    well i would say that you should have said it more shortly, for example,
    a scientific model is a temporary model and gets updated when new data
    is presented.


    I think that is a wonderful definition!
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  • From jojo@f00@0f0.00f to alt.atheism on Mon Jun 29 17:11:15 2026
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    Dawn Flood wrote:
    On 6/28/2026 10:52 AM, jojo wrote:
    Dawn Flood wrote:
    Here it is:

    "In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it
    must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable,
    it does not speak about reality."

    The Wikipedia article on him has another great quote:

    "The whole thing goes back to myths which, though they may
    have a kernel of truth, are untrue. Why then should the Jewish
    myth be true and the Indian and Egyptian myths not be true?"

    Here's a definition of science that I gave in the comment
    section on a recent podcast of Professor Bart Ehrman's called
    "Three 'Myths' Atheists Believe":

    "Scientific truth is contingent truth, testable & correctable,
    with falsifiability being a necessary, but not sufficient,
    condition for an observational and/or experimental datum that
    can be advanced for or against the predictions of a scientific
    model."

    Comments?-a (Other than JTEM, Dale or Dr. Andrew.)

    Dawn

    well i would say that you should have said it more shortly, for
    example, a scientific model is a temporary model and gets
    updated when new data is presented.


    I think that is a wonderful definition!

    i got that somewhere, i dont remember. about stuff being
    temporary and just gets updated when new stuff shows up.

    its the same as life, when you expect certain things and they
    dont happen repeatedly, you either change your expectations or
    change the way you approach the goal.

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