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To: nuconvert

Whew!

may not

could be

might be

models project

guestimates are


6 posted on 01/27/2020 3:22:42 PM PST by DoughtyOne (It's a New Year, and time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll <hardly miss it and it will help.)
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To: DoughtyOne

While it is true that the left abuses scientific inquiry (all forms of inquiry, really) with baseless claims carefully couched in hedge words such as could, might, may, etc., that does not mean that we should reject every hypothesis out of hand even if it is expressed using those same hedge words, as they are the proper framework for stating a hypothesis. Healthy skepticism is fine but flat rejection of ALL hypotheses is a good way to get dunked.


13 posted on 01/27/2020 3:36:40 PM PST by calenel (The Democratic Party is a Criminal Enterprise. It is the Progressive Mafia.)
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