Eric Iverson Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Something I heard today, in another context: Music theory?? You can't teach music theory in school, because IT'S ONLY A THEORY AND HAS NEVER BEEN PROVEN!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Good one............................................ Only marred by the presumption, made by most ppl, that "theory" denotes speculation when, in fact, the word "hypothesis" = speculative & "theory" = tested & accepted as fact. Sorry, man, but that misapplication always makes my teeth grind! d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Iverson Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 That was actually the POINT of the joke, that some people don't understand what 'theory' means in a scientific context; and say you can't teach certain things in school because it's "only a theory". I'll spare you all the details - gets into religion/politics and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 OOOPS on me then, pally ! d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 That was actually the POINT of the joke, that some people don't understand what 'theory' means in a scientific context; and say you can't teach certain things in school because it's "only a theory". I'll spare you all the details - gets into religion/politics and all that. I have seen the same comments with regard to improvisation. How can you teach one to improvise? Never mind learning the scales and intervals that matter in theory... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Good one............................................ Only marred by the presumption, made by most ppl, that "theory" denotes speculation when, in fact, the word "hypothesis" = speculative & "theory" = tested & accepted as fact. Sorry, man, but that misapplication always makes my teeth grind! Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Yeah, well too, EVOLUTION is supposed to be a "theory", but it being "taught" caused a lot of uproar. You can't really learn or prove or disprove an idea without KNOWING what the idea is to begin with, can you? Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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