@"Wayfarer" @"Janus" @"jorndoe" I wasn’t able to find the David Pakman commentary you discussed, but I did find this essay from the Brookings Institut...
Good point. I would say that following the scientific method is exactly what’s required in order to build consensus. That’s not to say it’s the only t...
Of course that’s correct. When I say “scientific method,” specific disciplines have different methodologies, but they all must follow the same primary...
Something I thought of after I submitted the previous post. I’m not claiming that the scientific method is what drives science - only that true scienc...
My understanding comes from 30 years as an engineer. As part of my work, I often had to collect data, evaluate it, and then use it to make decisions f...
I’m not a big tofu fan, but my son made a dish I really like. Cut the tofu into small chunks, dredge it in cornstarch, set it aside to dry, and then f...
My problem goes back to the definition of “science” - the systematic study of the world based on evidence and observation. I’ve been thinking about wh...
Well, I was sort of joking. But now that you bring it up - this has nothing to do with singing psalms. If you’re trying to somehow undermine the whole...
That’s true for all the social sciences. As I said previously, science is about the systematic study of the world based on evidence and observation. I...
Again, I think you have misunderstood what “science” means. It’s not what you want it to mean, it’s what the dictionary and common usage say it means....
What evidence is there that there was an originary point - a single event where language was created? It seems unlikely to me, but I might be wrong. A...
Yes, they are. Science is: The important parts of this are 1) it’s systematic and 2) it’s based on observation and evidence. It seems like maybe you h...
That’s bullshit. It’s bullshit when hard scientists say it and it’s bullshit when the American Anthropological Association says it. If you are studyin...
Social sciences are as much science as physics. The epistemology might be different in detail, but the issues that have to be addressed are the same. ...
It’s definitely a science. I think the only question is whether it’s good science or bad science. More accurately, is whether a particular piece of wo...
Beyond the specific philosophical content, what I find most satisfying about the forum is that my writing and arguing skills have improved dramaticall...
I am skeptical. I don’t doubt that the way they went about making the cuts was inefficient and clumsy. I don’t doubt that the billions of dollars poin...
Welcome to the forum. I am not a theist - I have no particular religious belief. I was raised a protestant until my early teens, when my mother died. ...
Thanks for the link. This was a really interesting article, although I wasn’t most taken by the discussion of dysfunctional groups. I had never heard ...
In my understanding, this is not an example of what most people would call panpsychism. I don’t think it includes actual behavior by or changes in ina...
As amusing as you were post is, it is worth noting that elevated weights are sometimes used as energy storage media - obviously, not in cars. In some ...
This joke and these lyrics have always seemed very philosophical to me, although I don’t really know what principal they’re demonstrating. A man walks...
I don’t use a colon very often, but I’ve had the same question about dashes. I’m pretty sure it’s supposed to be lowercase, but it never feels right s...
“President” isn’t capitalized unless it’s used with a specific person‘s name or in a title such as “President of the United States.” Or, of course, it...
Yes, that's my understanding also, although I've never been confused about it. I don't know about in Europe but we also call hot dogs "Frankfurters." ...
Every few months I go to either McDonald’s or Burger King and get out either a whopper or a big Mac. I’ve been eating at McDonald’s since hamburgers w...
Superman is not Clark Kent. Istanbul is not Constantinople. The number of planets is not three squared. It is not contingent that the number of planet...
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