Not Even Wrong
From: Walt <wamitty_at_verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:27:07 GMT
Message-ID: <LO0wh.6191$yB5.2652_at_trndny03>
There's another thread going on where the meaning of "theory" is being discussed.
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:27:07 GMT
Message-ID: <LO0wh.6191$yB5.2652_at_trndny03>
There's another thread going on where the meaning of "theory" is being discussed.
It put me in mind of an old phrase they used to use among scientists, namely, "not even wrong".
This is an collection of assertions that is phrased in such a way that it is neither verifiable nor falsifiable. Some of these can look like a theory, at first, and seem to carry the weight of a good theory, or at least of a bad theory, but prove, on deeper analysis, to be vacuous.
"Not even wrong" was used as a pejorative. It think it applies to some of the discussions in here, particularly the theories about the superior utility of MV. Received on Wed Jan 31 2007 - 14:27:07 CET