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Re:Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing th... by 082349872349872 on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @02:35AM (#41497808)
> Science is the study of what is _not_ true, of falsification: how _not_ to cure a patient, how _not_ to go to the moon.

So in this model, scientists are the avalanche dogs who report "nope, no people over there" and thereby help narrow down the rescuers' efforts?

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Re:Dogs can remember names of toys years after not seeing th... by gradschoolfail on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @12:51AM (#41508115)
Just a clarification here.. there i assumed the readingmode (like you?) in which scientists are to be identified with the badfaith-clueless

So, if i understood ww4 correctly, it is more like,

  dog reports correctly that theres no person, but the rescuers are actually looking for a horse.
Whereas the lazy (=theoretical) engineerdonkey might say, i detected scent of a horse but didnt actually look, was thinking about that windmill, sorry!
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