At 2:41 PM +0000 10/9/02, Carl Remick wrote: >>How does scientific study do this "by its nature"? > >Because scientific study requires that you rule out all variables >not having to do explicitly with the subject being investigated.
You can't study everything at the same time, so you would have to determine what matters and what doesn't. What doesn't matter -- like Providence included by creationists, skull sizes & shapes favored by phrenologists, etc. -- should be excluded; otherwise, there can be no scientific endeavor. The question is where you draw the line, and that's where important political and scientific battles begin. -- Yoshie * Calendar of Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html> * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html> * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>
