Timeline for What basis do we have for certainty in current scientific theories?
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| Mar 8 at 6:53 | comment | added | Notso | @JonEricson as they say: "Science advances one funeral at a time." | |
| Jan 13, 2012 at 19:19 | comment | added | FrankH | +1: I love your statement that "Science is not smart people thinking about things and coming up with ideas for how things might be." However, I have to say that in my opinion the definition of philosophy is: "Philosophy is smart people thinking about things and coming up with ideas for how things might be." | |
| S Sep 7, 2011 at 12:44 | history | suggested | tshepang | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 18, 2011 at 3:34 | comment | added | boehj | @Jon: Russell: "If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence." | |
| Jun 17, 2011 at 19:50 | comment | added | Jon Ericson | A fine answer. I disagree with the assertion "there was never much empirical evidence supporting them." That seems to be reading modern knowledge into history. Rather, I'd say "the evidence supporting them was misleading in some way or another." In addition, you will find that working scientists (in my experience) are convinced that their models are totally accurate. They invest their lives to their models and will only reject them with overwhelming evidence. And often not even then. | |
| Jun 17, 2011 at 2:37 | comment | added | James Tauber | Regarding "science isn't very concerned with how things actually are. Rather it is concerned with predicting how things will behave under certain specific circumstances", I have another question more on this point which I'll ask shortly. | |
| Jun 17, 2011 at 1:31 | comment | added | boehj | Lovely quote you dug up there. | |
| Jun 17, 2011 at 1:17 | history | answered | DaleSwanson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |