Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Yeah. The difference is, new theories not only have to explain *some* of
>> the results, they have to explain *all* of the experimental results, and
>> hopefully *also* explain something the current theories don't. And as
>> physics and other sciences get more and more complete, it gets harder
>> and harder to come up with a new theory that still agrees with the old
>> theory except in the places we haven't looked.
> 
> 	A philosophy I never quite understood.

You don't understand why a new theory has to explain all the experiments the 
old theory does too? It's because if it doesn't, then the experiments you've 
already done are disproving your theory.

Surely I'm misunderstanding you.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
   unable to read this, even at arm's length."

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