http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/26/comet-dust-looks-like-asteroid-dust/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:42:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/26/comet-dust-looks-like-asteroid-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-36316 CogitoErgoCogitoSum Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:43:57 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/26/comet-dust-looks-like-asteroid-dust/#comment-36316 Science is supposed to be falsifiable, repeatable, etc. Otherwise it counts as mere hypothesis, and not as theory. Many so-called theories adopted in science to date dont meet the requirements. And many others rely on imprecise data. Consistency does not imply validity. Why is it in statistics we use results to draw conclusions about the theory? Isnt that a case of Affirming the Consequence fallacy being adopted and integrated and applied in empirical reasoning as though it were an accepted standard? Science is supposed to be falsifiable, repeatable, etc. Otherwise it counts as mere hypothesis, and not as theory. Many so-called theories adopted in science to date dont meet the requirements. And many others rely on imprecise data. Consistency does not imply validity. Why is it in statistics we use results to draw conclusions about the theory? Isnt that a case of Affirming the Consequence fallacy being adopted and integrated and applied in empirical reasoning as though it were an accepted standard?

]]> http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/26/comet-dust-looks-like-asteroid-dust/comment-page-1/#comment-36315 CogitoErgoCogitoSum Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:39:32 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/26/comet-dust-looks-like-asteroid-dust/#comment-36315 Indeed. Our scientists cant even get the moon right... and yet they purport to know anything about suns or stars or galaxies at a distance. Big bang? All their theories have the added benefit to them of being completely unverifiable. Indeed. Our scientists cant even get the moon right… and yet they purport to know anything about suns or stars or galaxies at a distance. Big bang? All their theories have the added benefit to them of being completely unverifiable.

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