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User talk:KSorenson (view source)
Revision as of 01:09, November 13, 2009
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We have an entry on [[falsifiability]]. How about learning with an open mind first?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:39, 12 November 2009 (EST)
We have an entry on [[falsifiability]]. How about learning with an open mind first?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 19:39, 12 November 2009 (EST)
:Hang on a second. "In fact it is false but there is no way to show it is false?" Was that a typo? Because otherwise it sounds like you're saying you have some special knowledge. Are you saying that black holes can't be ''proved'' not to exist … but that you somehow know they don't anyway? That's obviously nonsense, so I'll just assume it was a typo.
:In any case, this is all tangential to the point. Your gripe is with "the claim that there is a black hole in the universe somewhere," which is not a claim made by any black hole theory. Rather, the existing theories say that black holes ''may'' exist — that is, there's no reason to believe they're impossible — and that ''if'' they exist, they have such-and-such properties. We have observed objects in the sky that have the predicted properties. They both look and quack like ducks, so rather than saying "it is consistent with existing theories to conclude that this object appears to be duck-like," we sometimes save some of those precious words you're so jealous of and say "hey look, a duck." You are entirely justified, if mind-bogglingly petty, to criticize others for jumping to conclusions that way.
:Clearly the right course of action is for someone to revise the [[black hole]] article and rewrite your odious "falsifiability" lie into something that makes the point you want made in a way that's both clear and honest, since right now that part of the article is neither. Unfortunately I'm not the girl to make that revision, as your stubbornness, your bad attitude and your snide and condescending remarks have put me in a very foul mood.--[[User:KSorenson|KSorenson]] 20:09, 12 November 2009 (EST)