Comment on Science is not about certainty by pokerguy
And yet we keep trying, because what else can one do?
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“The schism between philosophy and science is arguably one of the problems.” should say: The schism between philosophy and science is the central problem.
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Comment on Science is not about certainty by A fan of *MORE* discourse
Even mathematics is *not* about certainty: The virtue of a logical proof is not that it compels belief but that it suggests doubts. The proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts. (Forder,...
View ArticleComment on Science is not about certainty by Greg House
JC comment: This essay resonated with me, since I am struggling to understand why climate science doesn’t seem to me to be working so well. Apart from the politicization of climate science, which has...
View ArticleComment on Science is not about certainty by lolwot
“You know damn well the sun’s role in climate has been consistently minimized in favor of Co2″ So what’s the evidence that is being suppressed? The IPCC report covers TSI, cosmic rays and sunspots....
View ArticleComment on Science is not about certainty by lolwot
Didn’t you notice that in your same ling it points out the wrror in Wood’s experiment?
View ArticleComment on Science is not about certainty by Greg House
I do not see any error in the Wood’s experiment.
View ArticleComment on Science is not about certainty by Bart R
Sorry, Jim. A lot of people plead guilty to things there’s no case for. I believe the judge would let you walk on the charge of empiricism without entertaining a plea.
View ArticleComment on Science is not about certainty by Beth Cooper
Stanford writes, ‘Underdetermination and Scientific Theory’ that contrastive under determination involves the possibility that there might be other theories that are equally as well confirmed by the...
View ArticleComment on Science is not about certainty by NW
Willard that is it. Thanks. Don’t know how I missed it, I searched that too.
View ArticleComment on What separates science from non-science? by Bob K.
The NSF and other federal agencies that fund academic research are extensions of the political system. There’s no use complaining about it, that’s the way it is. If NSF’s overseers (i.e. Congress)...
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Comment on What separates science from non-science? by NW
“What separates science from non-science?” Three letters and a hyphen?
View ArticleComment on What separates science from non-science? by A fan of *MORE* discourse
Quantum physicist David Deutsch, in his book <i>The Fabric of Reality</i>, characterizes science as <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=2LqEPNf9jXsC&pg=PT280"...
View ArticleComment on What separates science from non-science? by ceteris non paribus
The F-22 is without value? The nice folks at Lockheed Martin & Boeing will be shocked to learn that… It is perhaps you who misses the point. Politicians are clearly not the best judges of the...
View ArticleComment on What separates science from non-science? by John another
How about defining ‘science’ as that which follows the scientific method as it was defined for hundreds of years?
View ArticleComment on What separates science from non-science? by kim
I just transcribe; it writes itself. ===============
View ArticleComment on Science is not about certainty by Greg House
Steven Mosher | May 31, 2012 at 2:06 am So earth radiates from a higher cooler place. That entails surface warming. You see how back radiation isnt even mentioned?...
View ArticleComment on Science is not about certainty by steven
If the amount of co2 in the atmosphere increases the size of the sink, and we know it does, and the increase in the size of the sink created is a large percentage of the co2 in the atmosphere than you...
View ArticleComment on What separates science from non-science? by Diag
wrong question. “soft” science is actually harder than “hard” science — much more complex problems, fewer tools and maths to support it, the difficulty of doing experiments. Have pity on our poor...
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