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Re:Pythagorean Theorem proof in a 2100 year old Chinese book by marmaduke on Saturday March 25, 2017 @04:57AM (#13954697)
Feyerabend's Against Method goes further: examining crucial discoveries in science reveals no pattern which could be called a scientific method. Everyone sort of freestyles it or does what works.

I think modern western science discounts other sources of knowledge, because it is not just a platonic ideal but a sort of politics of the scientists, which they need to justify the choices they make.

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem proof in a 2100 year old Chinese book by vixen99 on Saturday March 25, 2017 @12:00PM (#13956223)
This is waffle. 'Western Science' is an abstraction. The 'official position of Western Science' is not an accredited publication as far as I know. More to the point, if you have criticisms of individual scientists (the ones who contribute to science [ i.e., people all nationalities and places on Earth) ] who 'discount other sources of knowledge' please be specific. They may or may not have a point. We can't know unless you specify.
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Re:Pythagorean Theorem proof in a 2100 year old Chinese book by marmaduke on Saturday March 25, 2017 @05:03PM (#13957555)
Too much troll, didn't read
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