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   Paul Aubrin to All   
   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.   
      
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