[UA] "I believes in Science!"

[Liam Astley]

From: "Greg Stolze" <holycrow at mindspring.com>
Subject: [UA] "I believes in Science!"
> Science can only, EVER, say "The current theory that best fits the
observed
> facts is [...]."  Fill in the blanks with whatever fits.  Evolution.
> Heliocentrism.  Superstring theory.  And these current theories WORK --
> they usually work fairly well even when they later turn out to be "wrong."


yep. which is why it's a process, not a belief system. like carl sagan said
in, erm, james mcgraw's sig., while there is resistance to change science
DOES change its paradigms when shown to be wrong. whereas religion can't be
proven right or wrong, and so only changes due to vagaries of culture.


liam
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