Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ...
by CamperBob2 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @10:13PM
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No, that pretty much is the definition of modern (Popperian) science. At least the sort of science that we should require in order to justify rewiring trillion-dollar economies.
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Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ...
by abalone on Thursday March 28, 2019 @10:30PM
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Oy vey. Astrophysics is in opposition to Popper's philosophy now, huh? Scientists in these fields falsify theories all the time.
Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ...
by jessaustin on Friday March 29, 2019 @05:43AM
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This "astronomy makes no predictions" meme is goofy. Halley got a comet named after him by predicting the year of its return. That was a completely falsifiable hypothesis. If you like something a bit more current, there are plenty of falsifiable hypotheses concerning e.g. neutrino mass that various underground/under-ice detectors will test in the next few years.
Such hypotheses are not inherently impossible for climate science.
Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ...
by CamperBob2 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @10:34PM
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(Shrug) Nobody is asking us to shut down air travel and stop eating steak because of an anthropogenic increase in the cosmic microwave background.
Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ...
by abalone on Friday March 29, 2019 @12:33AM
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Good to know your opinion of the scientific method depends on the political implications of its conclusions.
Re:An amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen ...
by CamperBob2 on Friday March 29, 2019 @01:22PM
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"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof." - Carl Sagan
"No, extraordinary claims don't require more proof than any others, but extraordinary demands do." - Me