Posted: Jul 25, 2010 10:49 am
reddix wrote:Is it possible for something to be logically consistent and still be wrong?
It depends what you mean.
Newton's theory of gravity is internally logically consistent and "wrong" in that the physical predictions it makes become increasingly inaccurate under certain conditions and are never perfectly accurate under any conditions that are actually observed.
Internal consistency is generally held to be an absolute minimum standard for an idea - if it's not consistent then it's inconsistent or "self-contradictory"/"self-refuting".