EjP wrote in message ...
Patrick Reany wrote:

If science education had done its job right, you'd all be able to
correctly define the following terms: (physical) theory, (physical)
law, (physical) hypothesis, (physical) model, scientific method. So,
those of you that are so smug that you KNOW what the hell science is
really all about can define these terms for us here and now.


Yes, the only thing that excites students more than abstract
mathematical derivations is dwelling on the definition of terms.

-E

Well maybe that's the educators's fault. Isn't it just damn
commonsense that educators not demand that students adopt a term for
use in class that the educators have no intention of defining for
them? Why do you argue for this ridiculous exemption from educators
defining terms in science, an exemption which has no parallel in any
other educational field?

I notice that you haven't been quick to define these terms for us.


I can not remember one time in any class I've taken in science and
even in physics (I took the entire undergraduate core of physics
classes at a major university) in which any of these terms were
defined clearly, if they were defined at all! If your experience was
different, let us know what are those definitions you read. Please
give the references too.

Patrick

Patrick