Re:Doubts over a ‘possible sign of life’ on Venus
by scarmig on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @12:51PM
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I would say that Millikan had a fundamentally true insight, and he published it to the world with an experiment whose results weren't reproducible.
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Re:Doubts over a ‘possible sign of life’ on Venus
by edjrage on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @07:40PM
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Exactly. Which renders the logic behind the experiment false. But since the insight was true, it eventually led to experiments that yielded true results. (Notice I didn't say the insight was false, I supported your idea by emphasizing that even false insights can be useful.)