Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: Albert (albertwagner_at_cox.net)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:50:02 -0600

robert j. kolker wrote:
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> OsherD wrote:
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>> I recommend that Physics break into two branches: Experimental and
>> Theoretical.
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> Been there, done that. You are about 100 years late with that suggestion.

Probably closer to 100 centuries. But I think you miss the
point. Many of the pseudo-physicists posting on this NG seem to
be unaware of the difference, and therefore grant to the
utterances of theoretical physicists the same degree of
reliability that is granted to experimental physicists. They
base their faith on the fact that the mathematics employed is
accurate and fail to note that the premises often are highly
speculative. 

-- 
"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the 
range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally 
impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."
     -- George Orwell as Syme in "1984"

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