[extropy-chat] against ID

[Damien Broderick]

At 04:40 PM 12/8/2005 -0500, gts wrote:

>One interesting question is what to do about an observed anomaly to a
>successful theory. Is the theory then automatically falsified?

That's why I prefer Imre Lakatos to Popper: his model of "hard core" 
postulates and their "protective belts" fits better with the way science 
actually accommodates anomalies.

e.g.:

http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=32;action=display;threadid=28667

Damien Broderick