Re: Sort it

Theories are not proved by the process. They are proved by their
predictability, ie through experiment/experience.
Even though people dont understand the process, they can understand the
results.
Thus the process is learned because it provides better results.
Thus anyone is a potential scientist.


2012/10/29 George Herbert <[email protected]>

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> On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> > Since Science is by definition the creation of rigorous theories that
> > better explain the world, if the flow of new theories are democratically
> > distributed, then
> > pseudoscience will simply vanish.
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> No.  Science creates testable theory from observation, tests, and discards
> false theory based on the testing.  There is no shortage now of theory;
> there is a shortage of understanding of the process, importance of
> falsifiability, and understanding how to test and analyze.
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> The method is taught in school and yet lost by adulthood in nearly
> everyone.  Democratizing science to include people in the process who do
> not currently understand the method does no good.
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> You also are conflating primary sources ( research ) and secondary sources
> ( analysis and criticism ) and tertiary sources ( compenda, such as
> encyclopedias and Wikipedia ).
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> George William Herbert
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Sincerely yours,

     Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis