Jim Menegay{at}sbcglobal.net>

> > > Now, according to Edserian
> > > epistemology, I should provide an experiment to refute that
> > > hypothesis. 

JE:-
No, according to _Popperian_ epistemology which 
represents a _minimal_ standard for the sciences.

> > > JM:-
> > > Here is that experiment:  I will present a simple
> > > set of made-up biological observations which should, as I
> > > understand it, enable the calculation of r, b, and c.  

JE:-
Please note this is _not_  "an experiment" it is 
yet another modelling simulation. Also, please
note that I have provided a actual biological experiment 
to test Darwinian fitness to a Popperian standard. 
Any real experimental test carries more weight than
a modelling simulation.

I am happy top participate in any _meaningful_
modelling simulation, IF and only IF the theory
from which such a simulation was been inevitably
simplified is:

1) Explicitly identified to a Popperian standard.

2) Any variables that have been artificially
deleted to zero or expanded to infinity within
the model are also explicitly acknowledged.

3) No total or constant value assumed by the theory
from which this model was only simplified from is 
allowed to be deleted within the model.

4) The model does not seek to contest and win
against the theory from which it was simplified/
oversimplified.

Regards,

John Edser
Independent Researcher

PO Box 266
Church Pt
NSW 2105
Australia

edser{at}tpg.com.au
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