Christopher E. Doss Moscow, Russian Federation I think one of these examples would be the bulk of modern physics, since quantum theory and relatively theory contradict each other.
----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com>
A statement, which as far as these things go, is pretty much a common place in the philosophy of science. There are certainly plenty of examples in the history of science of theories continuing to be widely accepted by scientists despite their inconsistencies with empirical data because at the time there were no good alternative theories to replace them. So I think Laibman does have a point here,
Jim F.