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|    Re: If predictions fail your hypothesis     |
|    26 Jan 26 08:01:23    |
      XPost: alt.global-warming, alt.atheism, alt.messianic       From: paul.aubrin@invalid.org              Le 26/01/2026 à 07:51, Dawn Flood a écrit :       > On 1/26/2026 12:47 AM, Paul Aubrin wrote:       >> Le 25/01/2026 à 19:14, Mitchell Holman a écrit :       >>> "Scientific findings cannot be trusted       >>> because they may later be disproven by       >>> scientific findings"       >>>       >>> And they fail to see the problem with that.....       >>       >> All scientific models are only valid within a limited validity domain.       >> For example, the perfect gas law is really useful in an extended range       >> of temperatures and pressures around normal atmospheric conditions.       >> For extreme conditions, you must use other models.       >       > And, your point is??              Scientific findings can be trusted provided that you know their validity       domain derived from observations and associated uncertainty.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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