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Thread #58954   Message #940085
Posted By: Amos
25-Apr-03 - 01:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Bogus science--warning signs
Subject: RE: BS: Bogus science--warning signs
Right. I am just adding that there is a lot more to the process of "science" than the final propositions and theorems with which one predicts phenomena. And there are other tests, explicit and implicit. For example, a new scientific datum has to align with past scientific experience. And it should if possible not call on factors that are not needed, but cleave to elegance.

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