Re:For experts who study coronaviruses, a grim vindication
by SketchySeaBeast on Monday June 08, 2020 @11:33AM
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I think it's probably a strength of science that at any one time there's at least one person yelling about the dangerous of any possible event. It's also a strength that, as in the case of the LHC, the people who were shouting "this will cause a black hole" were drowned about by the ones who were being more realistic.
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Re:For experts who study coronaviruses, a grim vindication
by ianai on Monday June 08, 2020 @12:38PM
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The philosophy of science precisely prefers knowledge which gives falsifiable, testable theories. A hypothesis indicating every possible outcome with little differentiation is worthless.
Re:For experts who study coronaviruses, a grim vindication
by dragonwriter on Monday June 08, 2020 @12:43PM
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> The philosophy of science precisely prefers knowledge which gives falsifiable, testable theories.
Knowledge doesn't give falsifiable, testable theories. Falsifiable, testable theories give knowledge. That's why the philosophy of science prefers them.