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Old 07-30-21, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by RH Clark
That all depends on where you get your information. For every scientist with one fact. I can show you one with the opposite conclusion. Science is not the source of truth. It is simply a method of learning. Science is constantly changing it's mind because we are all constantly learning new things. The best any of us can do is to gather as much information as possible from all sources and then use our reasoning and logic to determine what is the best information for us to use.
No, no, no, no, no! Science doesn't "change its mind". That's nonsensical. What happens is usually that someone other than the scientists reads conclusions which we have carefully couched in conditionals, and then broadcasts the conclusions without the conditionals.
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