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Originally Posted by TimMason
Many scientists would disagree with you. Scientific knowledge is, by its nature, provisional. That is, indeed, one of the finest things about science : it seeks its own destruction. A interesting place to catch scientists talking to each other about stuff like this is the RealClimate site.
(This used to be true of "art" too, but in our own tradition we fetishize it, and keep it in a freeze box).
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No you are still not getting it. Science builds on itself by constant improvement on what has gone before. I certainly wouldn't characterize that as "destruction."
For your information I participate in several forums where science, religion, and philosophy are discussed extensively as well as keeping up with the major science publication websites.
Scientists are the biggest skeptics on the planet and that is exactly why science works and results in true knowledge. (as opposed to dogmatic knowledge Beppe you listening?
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