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People who say that science is just like any other fallable philosophy.

 

Honest to christ. If you think that the laws of physics are a fallable philosophy, you are welcome to prove their fallibility through the window of my dorm room.

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Sure. I mean, science is ultimately limited by how we observe the world and what we can observe, but with what we do understand it makes purely objective, testable and duplicable conclusions. Any new thesis or theory put forward is put through the gauntlet of peer review. Unlike a philosophy or theology, which are both almost purely subjective and in many cases operates without or against evidence. A train of thought or a religious belief simply can't be in the same class as newton's three laws or the various fundamental constants of the universe (alpha, G, etc...)

 

And like I said; the guy in question was trying to question the most basic laws of physics. Trying to invoke Aristotle (who, I will remind you, couldn't count how many teeth were in the human mouth) and "Prove that rest isn't the natural state of an object". Newton and Einstein already did.

 

Call me an elitist all you want, but people with zero scientific training just shouldn't open their mouths about science. I only have some modest education with it so far and you don't see me drawin armchair conclusions about string theory or quantum physics. I mean, not even the top physicists in the world know very much about anti-matter, but the guy I'm referring to here threw it about casually in our little discussion, saying that the existence of anti-matter could very well mean that there's an opposite to everything in the universe. I don't know if he's being facetious or not because it's a completely moronic armchair conclusion. Watching some Bill Nye would do this guy some good.

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Sure. I mean, science is ultimately limited by how we observe the world and what we can observe, but with what we do understand it makes purely objective, testable and duplicable conclusions. Any new thesis or theory put forward is put through the gauntlet of peer review. Unlike a philosophy or theology, which are both almost purely subjective and in many cases operates without or against evidence. A train of thought or a religious belief simply can't be in the same class as newton's three laws or the various fundamental constants of the universe (alpha, G, etc...)

 

And like I said; the guy in question was trying to question the most basic laws of physics. Trying to invoke Aristotle (who, I will remind you, couldn't count how many teeth were in the human mouth) and "Prove that rest isn't the natural state of an object". Newton and Einstein already did.

 

Call me an elitist all you want, but people with zero scientific training just shouldn't open their mouths about science. I only have some modest education with it so far and you don't see me drawin armchair conclusions about string theory or quantum physics. I mean, not even the top physicists in the world know very much about anti-matter, but the guy I'm referring to here threw it about casually in our little discussion, saying that the existence of anti-matter could very well mean that there's an opposite to everything in the universe. I don't know if he's being facetious or not because it's a completely moronic armchair conclusion. Watching some Bill Nye would do this guy some good.

Oh, I completely agree with you, I was just playing a bit of devil's advocate.

 

I never bought Locke's whole BS about "just because the sun has risen every single day we've ever observed does not mean it will rise tomorrow."

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Oh, I completely agree with you, I was just playing a bit of devil's advocate.

 

I never bought Locke's whole BS about "just because the sun has risen every single day we've ever observed does not mean it will rise tomorrow."

Hey, playing devil's advocate is kind of important. Also, an important aspect of the scientific process! Imagine that.

 

The thing with what Locke said is that it's techncally right. If I hold up a ball and let it go, we know that it's going to fall at a given acceleration and hit the ground with so much energy, but can't absolutely guarantee that it's going to do just that. Stephen Hawking mentioned something to that effect in the beginning of A Brief History of Time, I think. Of course it's completely useless to philosophize or try to prove some stupid point from that little fact. If it really meant anything there'd have been documented cases of objects randomly defying the laws of physics.

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the 17th is the NIN cd so thats what I was getting at. yours works too (though you should wait for Matt to set a date before you wish those days to fuck off so that we don't end up in limbo)

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People who won't show the Trailer Park Boys in the US should fuck off

 

Snow should fuck off

 

Rain should fuck off

 

My sister's useless piece of shit boyfriend should fuck off

 

The people who pulled the plug on Justice League should fuck off.

 

Cartoon Network execs, who think it's cool to show only dumbshit fuckall crapass shit should fuck off

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