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"In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. - Stephen Jay Gould It seems that hose who argue for magical solutions from the sky or against firm science fail to comprehend the truth of the above. Agreed?
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Disagree - I have come to learn that most of science is a theory - not fact
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Science is observation + action understood. Stephen Jay Gould was one of the few scientists that I can think of who retained his personal faith in light of observed scientific fact. In his essays in Natural History, he may have been the first science writer to propose the "bushy" theory of evolution.... and right he was. Based on science being observed actions, I am not certain whether it is wise to believe that all actions have been observed. Yet, most scientists believe that some actions can never occur. Is it more dangerous to assume that all actions have been observed, therefore, there is nothing left to observe/discuss?
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