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Originally Posted by HarryT
Let me re-phrase it, then: if you buy a textbook from a reputable publisher, you will be be presented with information which is in accordance with generally-accepted theories. Whether those theories are "true" or not is a matter for philosophical discussion  . |
Or experiment. Susan Sontag once observed that science is the process of
disproving theories. Those generally accepted are those that have thus far survived attempts to "cook" them.
If you
can't set up an experiment to prove or disprove a theory, it's arguable that what you are dealing with
isn't science.
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Like Dennis, some of the "facts" I see presented on the web make me cringe. It's fine to hold unorthodox views, but I think that it's unethical to pretend that those views are "mainstream".
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And more important, the reader must have enough knowledge to make an informed judgment about whether the unorthodox theories
are credible.
Too much of what I've seen on the Internet is posted by the ignorant, for the ignorant.
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Dennis