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Re:Younger Dryas cosmic impact of 12,800 years ago (2018) by RosanaAnaDana on Thursday June 16, 2022 @01:48PM (#31768902)
>Real science is based on humility and doubt, not arrogance and gate keeping.

1: No, real science is based on evidence and falsification.

2: I find your gatekeeping statement about science not being about gatekeeping interesting.

Re:Younger Dryas cosmic impact of 12,800 years ago (2018) by ellopoppit on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:57PM (#31784276)
>1: No, real science is based on evidence and falsification

Doubt is intrinsic to falsification you silly goose!

>2: I find your gatekeeping statement about science not being about gatekeeping interesting.

Indeed that may seem linguistically ironic at first, until you study the history and how the most ground breaking science has always been persecuted by gatekeepers.

Like a finger pointing at the moon, if you get hung up on the finger, you'll miss the moon.