The Nature of Science

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sun, 11 Mar 2018 06:54:22 GMT  <== Politics ==>   <== Science/Technology ==> 

Most people have no idea what science is. NOTHING is ever certain to a scientist. Scientific models are ALL theories. They claim causality in certain domains to specific tolerances, until somebody proves otherwise.

Science is NEVER settled, and consensus matters not, only repeatability of experiments.

If you're attempting to force somebody to go along with you by saying, "science says", you do not understand science. That's politics, not science.

Scientists are always uncertain, always looking for holes in their theories, always looking to make their theories better. They always know that no matter how good a scientific theory, it is still only a meager approximation of reality.

-Bill St. Clair

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Thank you for that.

Submitted by Feral*Fae on Sun, 15 Apr 2018 03:09:40 GMT

Thank you for that. Well said!
*<twinkles>*

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