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To: Coyoteman; Alamo-Girl; hosepipe; metmom; tokenatheist; AndrewC; r9etb
"Truth" is a word best avoided by science???

If that is so, then exactly what business is science involved in these days?

If truth doesn't cut it, then how can you keep falsehood out? And if science can't keep falsehood out, why should we trust it?

750 posted on 04/06/2008 9:29:19 PM PDT by betty boop (This country was founded on religious principles. Without God, there is no America. -- Ben Stein)
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To: betty boop

Because science is self-correcting.


751 posted on 04/06/2008 9:32:04 PM PDT by tokenatheist (Can I play with madness?)
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To: betty boop

LoL...


756 posted on 04/06/2008 10:13:27 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: betty boop
And if science can't keep falsehood out, why should we trust it?

That's the point of science. It doesn't try to compare things to see how close they match some arbitary standard of "TRUTH".

Instead it determines and eliminates what is false. Working theories last as long as they past the test. It's like Natural Selection.

757 posted on 04/06/2008 10:14:14 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (If it's not Scottish, it's crap.)
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