Talk:Scientific evidence

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[edit] Theorem?

From the article:

Scientific evidence is evidence which serves to either support or counter a scientific theorem or hypothesis.

Shouldn't "theorem" be replaced with "theory"? -- Wonderstruck 14:14, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I say yes - a "theorem" is for mathematics. I'll boldly make the correction.  :-) gnomelock 23:35, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Real smart. People edit this page, have corrections suggested and then show they still don't understand the words they are correcting from or to. 86.11.86.4 07:34, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] First sentence of this article is nonsense

This starts out saying:-

"Scientific evidence is evidence which serves to either support or counter a scientific theory or hypothesis."

That is a logical fallacy. That means any evidence of any kind is scientific if it either supports or counters a scientific theory or hypothesis. So if I say, I believe every action has an equal and opposite reaction except under water, the evidence of my belief is scientific evidence.

Well done Wikipedia for getting it wrong again and in the first sentence too - probably not the first time. 86.11.86.4 07:24, 27 October 2007 (UTC)