CatBus;372151 Wrote: > Supported yes, proven no. Pat's position is that you should doubt until > you see evidence. Credible evidence may very well exist, but he hasn't > seen it. > > > > I'll assume the best from this comment. It's possible to reach the > correct conclusion via a nonscientific method, and nobody disputes > that. For example, I'll say that you're 6 feet tall. Absolutely > unscientific, but I might just be right. Science is a yardstick. I > can't convince anyone else that I'm right without it. Science isn't > about always being right, it's about being independently verifiable so > that you can know when you're wrong. > > Scientists use the scientific method so that others can show exactly > how they are wrong. In this day and age, when someone does not use the > scientific method, it is often precisely because they do not wish to be > shown how wrong they are.Thanks for those comments, I was composing my own > response but decided against it. I'm glad I did as you conveyed my thoughts better then I would have, and without my snarky overtone. :)
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