[MD] Metaphysics

[Krimel]

> [Marsha]
> I think I remember that Einstein used Riemannian geometry in the general
> theory of relativity. 
> Is the general theory of relativy science?   
> 
> [Krimel]
> It is a work of theoretical physics.
 
Marsha:
I guess you are saying that theoretical physics, Einstein's general theory 
of relativity, is not science because it uses deductive logic which is not 
the basis of the scientific method. 

[Krimel]
Scientists employ any means they wish to construct a theory or a hypothesis.
They can use induction or deduction. They can see it in a dream or get it
from a Ouija board. But, the theory has to be testable, It needs to offer
some improvement in our understanding or our ability to make predictions.
That is, a new theory has to improve our ability to reduce uncertainty.
Einstein's theory offered predictions about certain observable events that
differed from Newton's theory.


 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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