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Supernatural and undiscovered means of detection

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ringo
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Message 15 of 47 (609448)
03-20-2011 11:20 AM 		Reply to: Message 14 by Taz
03-20-2011 2:44 AM

Taz writes:
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One of the strongest basis of science is that it allows for things we haven't thought of or haven't discovered yet to exist.
A library allows for new books to be brought in but they aren't really a "part of" the library until we can predict where they will fit into the cataloging system.
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If you have nothing to say, you could have done so much more concisely. -- Dr Adequate
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ringo
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03-20-2011 3:24 PM 		Reply to: Message 16 by Taz
03-20-2011 2:22 PM

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What I am saying is that just because something hasn't been catalogued into the library doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Until a book is cataloged and shelved, it doesn't exist as part of the circulating collection. You have to make predictions about its contents and confirm those predictions before you can fit it into the rest of the collection.
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Ghosts don't exist as part of our body of scientific knowledge until they can be fitted into the general framework.
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03-21-2011 10:09 PM 		Reply to: Message 21 by Taz
03-21-2011 9:13 PM

Taz writes:
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The OP made it clear that since ghosts aren't predicted by science then therefore they can't possibly exist.
I don't see anything in the OP that remotely resembles that.
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Edited by ringo, : Speling.
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