In article <10jtdai$33pqc$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Bill Sloman   wrote:   
      
   >I'm not fond of Popper's theory of science - Polyani comes closer to the   
   >mark - but Popper does emphasise one aspect of science which is   
   >important here, and you clearly haven't grasped.   
      
   Right on! Popper considers experiments in isolation. In my view that is   
   metaphysical thinking.   
      
   The scientific view is that the combination of all possible probabilities   
   (read "certainties") of outcome of all observations leads to the most probable   
   correct worldview.   
   First law of dialectical realism, the world is a whole, and is to be considered   
   as a whole.   
      
   For example.   
   Before discovering the neutrino leak, astrophysics were confronted with   
   a most unprobable outcome. No physicist was inclined to tear down quantum   
   mechanics or astronomy, however. They sought (and found) an explanation   
   in the existing frame work.   
      
   And, dear Popper, how do you do repeatable experiments in astrophysics?   
      
   >Bill Sloman, Sydne   
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