Comments on: On beliefs, theories, and facts http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/03/23/on_beliefs_theories_and_facts/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Salvador http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/03/23/on_beliefs_theories_and_facts/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Salvador Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:48:40 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/on_beliefs_theories_and_facts/#comment-252 "Unlike mathematical theorems, scientific results can't be proved. They can only be tested again and again until only a fool would refuse to believe them." There are two options: A) I don't believe this facts I'll test them myself B) I don't believe this facts "A" is what a fussy scientist would say "B" is what a pig-headed would say “Unlike mathematical theorems, scientific results can’t be proved. They can only be tested again and again until only a fool would refuse to believe them.”
There are two options:
A) I don’t believe this facts I’ll test them myself
B) I don’t believe this facts
“A” is what a fussy scientist would say
“B” is what a pig-headed would say

]]> By: jskirwin http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/03/23/on_beliefs_theories_and_facts/comment-page-1/#comment-251 jskirwin Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:55:43 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/on_beliefs_theories_and_facts/#comment-251 <blockquote> don't necessarily agree regarding capitalism as necessarily being better than their alternatives </blockquote> In defense of capitalism, better alternatives might exist but none that have worked in the "real world". <blockquote>So, by this standard, virtually everything I believe in must now fall under the shadow of unproveability.</blockquote> This is the intellectual rathole whereby it is posited that knowledge cannot be verified and shared. Everyone must test and discover everything to rule out all possible scams, tricks, propaganda and misinformation.

don’t necessarily agree regarding capitalism as necessarily being better than their alternatives

In defense of capitalism, better alternatives might exist but none that have worked in the “real world”.

So, by this standard, virtually everything I believe in must now fall under the shadow of unproveability.

This is the intellectual rathole whereby it is posited that knowledge cannot be verified and shared. Everyone must test and discover everything to rule out all possible scams, tricks, propaganda and misinformation.

]]> By: Aetiology http://blog.jmlynch.org/2006/03/23/on_beliefs_theories_and_facts/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Aetiology Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:04:51 +0000 http://jmlynch.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/on_beliefs_theories_and_facts/#comment-253 <strong>Money quote</strong> From Stranger Fruit: Unlike mathematical theorems, scientific results can't be proved. They can only be tested again and again until only a fool would refuse to believe them.... Money quote

From Stranger Fruit: Unlike mathematical theorems, scientific results can’t be proved. They can only be tested again and again until only a fool would refuse to believe them….

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