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LadyLollipop wrote:
"Jeff" wrote in message nk.net... "LadyLollipop" wrote in message news:_PMLe.250130$x96.51057@attbi_s72... "Mark Probert" wrote in message ... snip *organized medicine* No, this is called science. By: *organized medicine* A hypothesis an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument; is presented and facts used to back it up. LOL!! Calling everything you disagree with organized medicine does help your argument. Jeff A hypothesis an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument Makes you look like a fool. Makes you look illiterate. |
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LadyLollipop wrote:
"Mark Probert" wrote in message ... Jeff wrote: "LadyLollipop" wrote in message news:_PMLe.250130$x96.51057@attbi_s72... "Mark Probert" wrote in message ... snip *organized medicine* No, this is called science. A hypothesis is presented and facts used to back it up. Calling everything you disagree with organized medicine does help your argument. She has no argument, just a kneeJERK reaction to anything that refutes what she believes. A hypothesis is presented and facts used to back it up. hypothesis an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument *;* From http://education.yahoo.com/reference...try/hypothesis hy·poth·e·sis (h-pth-ss) KEY NOUN: pl. hy·poth·e·ses (-sz) KEY A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation. Something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation; an assumption. The antecedent of a conditional statement. and www.m-w.com Main Entry: hy·poth·e·sis Pronunciation: hI-'pä-th&-s&s Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural hy·poth·e·ses /-"sEz/ Etymology: Greek, from hypotithenai to put under, suppose, from hypo- + tithenai to put -- more at DO 1 a : an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument b : an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action 2 : a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences 3 : the antecedent clause of a conditional statement synonyms HYPOTHESIS, THEORY, LAW mean a formula derived by inference from scientific data that explains a principle operating in nature. HYPOTHESIS implies insufficient evidence to provide more than a tentative explanation a hypothesis explaining the extinction of the dinosaurs. THEORY implies a greater range of evidence and greater likelihood of truth the theory of evolution. LAW implies a statement of order and relation in nature that has been found to be invariable under the same conditions the law of gravitation. IOW, Janny, just like Jeff said. |
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"Mark Probert" wrote in message ... LadyLollipop wrote: "Mark Probert" wrote in message ... Jeff wrote: "LadyLollipop" wrote in message news:_PMLe.250130$x96.51057@attbi_s72... "Mark Probert" wrote in message ... snip *organized medicine* No, this is called science. A hypothesis is presented and facts used to back it up. Calling everything you disagree with organized medicine does help your argument. She has no argument, just a kneeJERK reaction to anything that refutes what she believes. A hypothesis is presented and facts used to back it up. hypothesis an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument *;* From http://education.yahoo.com/reference...try/hypothesis hy·poth·e·sis (h-pth-ss) KEY NOUN: pl. hy·poth·e·ses (-sz) KEY A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation. Something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation; an assumption. The antecedent of a conditional statement. and www.m-w.com Main Entry: hy·poth·e·sis Pronunciation: hI-'pä-th&-s&s Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural hy·poth·e·ses /-"sEz/ Etymology: Greek, from hypotithenai to put under, suppose, from hypo- + tithenai to put -- more at DO 1 a : an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument b : an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action 2 : a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences 3 : the antecedent clause of a conditional statement synonyms HYPOTHESIS, THEORY, LAW mean a formula derived by inference from scientific data that explains a principle operating in nature. HYPOTHESIS implies insufficient evidence to provide more than a tentative explanation a hypothesis explaining the extinction of the dinosaurs. THEORY implies a greater range of evidence and greater likelihood of truth the theory of evolution. LAW implies a statement of order and relation in nature that has been found to be invariable under the same conditions the law of gravitation. IOW, Janny, just like Jeff said. HYPOTHESIS implies insufficient evidence an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument *;* |
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LadyLollipop wrote:
"Mark Probert" wrote in message ... LadyLollipop wrote: "Mark Probert" wrote in message ... Jeff wrote: "LadyLollipop" wrote in message news:_PMLe.250130$x96.51057@attbi_s72... "Mark Probert" wrote in message ... snip *organized medicine* No, this is called science. A hypothesis is presented and facts used to back it up. Calling everything you disagree with organized medicine does help your argument. She has no argument, just a kneeJERK reaction to anything that refutes what she believes. A hypothesis is presented and facts used to back it up. hypothesis an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument *;* From http://education.yahoo.com/reference...try/hypothesis hy·poth·e·sis (h-pth-ss) KEY NOUN: pl. hy·poth·e·ses (-sz) KEY A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation. Something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation; an assumption. The antecedent of a conditional statement. and www.m-w.com Main Entry: hy·poth·e·sis Pronunciation: hI-'pä-th&-s&s Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural hy·poth·e·ses /-"sEz/ Etymology: Greek, from hypotithenai to put under, suppose, from hypo- + tithenai to put -- more at DO 1 a : an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument b : an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action 2 : a tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences 3 : the antecedent clause of a conditional statement synonyms HYPOTHESIS, THEORY, LAW mean a formula derived by inference from scientific data that explains a principle operating in nature. HYPOTHESIS implies insufficient evidence to provide more than a tentative explanation a hypothesis explaining the extinction of the dinosaurs. THEORY implies a greater range of evidence and greater likelihood of truth the theory of evolution. LAW implies a statement of order and relation in nature that has been found to be invariable under the same conditions the law of gravitation. IOW, Janny, just like Jeff said. HYPOTHESIS implies insufficient evidence an assumption or concession made for the sake of argument *;* Do you believe that the *theory* of evolution is just a *theory*? |
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