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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The one thing that I really love about science is that the unassailable theory or position today becomes tommorrows junk science.
I was watching the discovery channel yesterday which was pretty much a dinosaur day, and all of the theories around dinosaurs from my days in school have been completely thrown out.
As the technology and math and measurements change so does everything else.
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Things change based on evidence.. just because someone sits back in their chair and from an ideologically motivated position with no evidence or work says "this is wrong" and then someday actually gets it right means nothing... at least nothing more than the fact a stopped clock is right twice a day.
I ask for specific emails or items which cause you to question the reliability of the science, and you respond with a general comment that things change and nothing to support that the reliability should be questioned.
In cases where I realize I do not have enough information to support a position, I decide to not have a position. I may have a leaning, a way I'd LIKE to think, but I realize this and try to make sure I don't actually form opinions and make decisions based only on my desire, or barring that be honest with myself that my opinion has very little foundation, and I may just be a stopped clock.
As Asimov points out, change in science more often than not means better and more accurate, not completely different.