(2) Theories are not verified or falsified; when data conflict
with an accepted theory, they are usually set to one side as anomalies, or else auxiliary assumptions are modified.
Not exact matches
You
accept only your view and
theory but when someone
with a different view comes along then all of a sudden you are not as
accepting!
if you REALLY want to seize up the gears in a creationist's brain just point out that there's an incredibly simple way to reconcile Genesis
with currently
accepted scientific
theory:
You are willing to
accept gravity as a
theory and I would presume you
accept that the moon orbits the earth
with orbits the sun which is then part of a cluster of stars called the milky way.
Evolution and Creation Dear Fr Editor, Evangelical Creationists, I believe, can not
accept the
theory of evolution because it appears to conflict
with Genesis 1.
A student
with basic training in the sciences knows not to
accept something like the «big bang
theory», or other science lore.
We concede that not all who doubt the existence of a personal God do so because they
accept the
theory of evolution, whether the word be restricted to biology or enlarged to its cosmic significance, but we do say, and from experience know, that most modern agnosticism is bound up
with those non-theistic philosophies of evolution that stream off from Hegel as their modern fountain - head.
The result is a stage of transition,
with apparent contradictions or anomalies in what had been formerly
accepted and recognised, tensions in the dominant paradigm, and an increase in new
theories and types of research
with new achievements being produced within the new.
In some museum displays, he said, the birds - descended - from - dinosaurs evolutionary
theory has been portrayed as a largely
accepted fact,
with an asterisk pointing out in small type that «some scientists disagree.»
In that case, the generalization began
with the
accepted scientific view regarding the electromagnetic field of activity pervading space and time, and rose beyond the limits of that physical
theory to posit the ontological framework which the
theory itself presupposes.
Read http://www.express.co.uk/news/science-technology/455880/Stephen-Hawking-says-there-is-no-such-thing-as-black-holes-Einstein-spinning-in-his-grave Absence of Black Holes means Stephen Hawking has finally
accepted that there are serious problems
with both Newton's perspective of Gravity & Einstein's General
Theory of Relativity because both require Black Holes at the center of the galaxies.
Again we see some religious groups agreeing
with a well -
accepted scientific
theory,
with Evangelical Protestants lagging behind in acceptance of science.
Inflation is the hot topic in media but it is not even the most widely
accepted theory among scientist, and certainly no particular inflation
theory is
accepted enough to promote the Big Bang to a principle, even
with all the media attention it gets.
The Hot Big Bang has been
accepted since 1964,
with the discovery of the CMB making it the best
theory.
Coherence
with other
accepted theories is also sought.
But it was equally impossible to go the full length
with Greek philosophical
theories and
accept their necessary consequences.
A priest whom Kennedy considers to be «fully developed» in psychological terms says that masturbation is not sinful, that he doesn't
accept the «
theory of mortal and venial sin», and that there is not much guilt or sinfulness associated
with sexual misbehaviour.
The second condition, coherence, is that the thought should be consistent
with an established system of
theories and generally
accepted beliefs.2 Coherence, as I take it, is consistency or fittingness
with more relations and a set of consequences.
Sorry Mary, but the «Talking Snake»
theory will NEVER be
accepted as fact by anyone
with an IQ higher than 70.
I will agree
with CJAs point that Catholics do in general
accept the established
theories of science as God's plan for the ordering of the world.
Such conviction is in contrast
with the widely
accepted Popperian «rational» affirmation of the inherent provisionality of scientific
theory.
If evolution hits a rock, people can postulate and guess and use the evidence to come up
with theories, It it holds under scrutiny it can be
accepted until something comes along that is better.
For Dewey, of course, democracy was a «way of life» not merely a way of public life — an ideal that «must affect all modes of human association» — and he would not have
accepted Rorty's contention that «there is no way to bring self - creation together
with justice at the level of
theory» for that would have required him to give up a principal article of democratic faith.
This way, if Science comes up
with a
theory, it becomes easy to
accept it.
When one
accepts the invariant order derived from our knowledge of the Principle of Relativity, one must supplement this
with the Quantum
Theory, allowing for chance, which Northrop says «operates within the restrictions specified by its invariant universal laws.»
The natural world is replete
with examples of widely
accepted theories which have yet to be not just proven, but even observed.
Many of the speakers, including many of the scientists, starting
with the very opening paper by Cambridge palaeobiologist Simon Conway - Morris, were keen to emphasise above all that whilst
accepting fully the rectitude of the science of the biological
theory of evolution (mutation
with natural selection), yet a «totality of explanation it is not» (Conway - Morris's words).
What we see is evolution, a
theory that there is problems
with that is
accepted as fact, to the exclusion of all else.
My
theory is this, when Dein was axed, Arsene was taken to one side and asked to stay, he was offered the crown
with no interference, he was offered the same as Dein had and he
accepted.
Thanks to the internet, practically anyone
with a pregnancy
theory can write a book these days and even pay to have it published if no reliable publishing house will
accept the manuscript.
LA Times had an insightful article on the topic: «Polls may actually underestimate Trump's support, study finds», which contradicts the
accepted answer's
theory to an extent, and is much closer to your question's
theory # 1 (Having said that, I agree
with @bobson that at this point we probably don't have enough hard data to be sure what the causality is).
The computations were made consistent
with well -
accepted magnetostatic
theory and resulted in spontaneous current sheet development, making them relevant for the study of particle acceleration in astrophysical plasmas.
Their proposal, which is at odds
with the currently most widely
accepted theory in the scientific community, provides new insight into this key process during genome evolution and the origins of species.
Physicists struggled to ditch the ether and
accept the void — until quantum
theory refilled the vacuum
with unimaginable energy, says Paul Davies
One paper introduced the special
theory of relativity, which dramatically broke
with Newton's universally
accepted description of how physics worked.
Now, a team of researchers has announced that temperature fluctuations in the glow clash
with one well -
accepted theory of how the universe formed.
The most widely
accepted theory today suggests people are born
with a «sense of numbers,» an innate ability to recognize different quantities, like the number of items in a shopping cart, and that this ability improves
with age.
Most researchers
accept what's called the magma ocean
theory — that soon after its formation the moon was so hot that it was covered
with a deep ocean of molten rock that cooled to form the surface we see today.
If you
accept the multiple extra dimensions predicted by string
theory, black holes are fuzzballs — tangled balls of strings
with no well - defined horizon.
In the introduction of the book, which ScienceInsider has reviewed, de Mattei criticizes scientists for failing to
accept that the
theory of evolution isn't supported by evidence and for ideologically denying any metaphysical truth, starting
with the existence of a God that created the Universe.
About three years ago they and another research team working independently at Princeton found a serious flaw in what has been the most widely
accepted theory of galactic magnetic fields — a
theory that
with slight variations has also been used to explain the magnetic fields of individual stars such as the sun.
This is in line
with the predictions of the Standard Model, the currently
accepted theory of matter.
A green alga
with throat - and stomach - like structures can swallow and digest bacteria when deprived of light, further bolstering Lynn Margulis's widely
accepted idea that the origin of the plant - powering chloroplast was a fortuitous bout of indigestion.Termed «Endosymbiotic
Theory», the idea is that early nucleated cells called eukaryotes ate bacteria that managed to escape digestion but also couldn't escape their captors.
Upending
accepted theory, he discovered that light could be transmitted very efficiently through holes smaller than its own wavelength
with the involvement of surface plasmons, the interaction of light
with electron waves on metal surfaces.
This
theory is consistent
with the existing uncertainties in dating, but not widely
accepted at present [17]
The most
accepted theory establishes that the orbits of these objects, which travel beyond Neptune, should be distributed randomly, and by an observational bias, their paths must fulfil a series of characteristics: have a semi-major axis
with a value close to 150 AU (astronomical units or times the distance between the Earth and the Sun), an inclination of almost 0 ° and an argument or angle of perihelion (closest point of the orbit to our Sun) also close to 0 ° or 180 °.
And — of course — since we have
accepted the
theory that high fat diets clog our arteries, most scientists are unwilling to contemplate this type of diet as a treatment for anything — especially for something that can be handled
with medication.
Again, many empirical observations could prove useful to teachers — for example, that intelligence can be improved
with sustained cognitive work — but there is no single
accepted theory of intelligence.
Nevertheless, I felt it was my duty as a journalist to be absolutely sure, and duly
accepted the editor's invitation to see if a 570S
with its roof removed could possibly be as good in practice as it sounds in
theory.
I've spoken
with investors who have
accepted the
theory of index investing for months, even years, but have never taken action.