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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    If no test can show a thing false it is not science, it is religion.
    Or something in between called BS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adelaide View Post
    Sure, some theories are just theories. But studies that can be replicated over and over again are going to be fairly accurate.

    As an amateur astronomer I have seen a wide multitude of scientific "facts" discarded over the years when new "information" surfaces. Science is little more than a highly educated opinion based on the best information available at the time it is claimed. Furthermore, much of what is scientific "fact" depends on who has the loudest microphone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archer0915 View Post
    Science is like engineering... Or should I say a scientist is like an engineer with one major difference, agenda!
    Except that this is a complete nonsense description of engineering. Bridges and skyrises stand up, right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    Wow, cases in point right here. I shoulda read the rest of the thread before posting.
    Yeah, I'm sure that no one noticed your utter failure to refute a single fact I posted as usual. Just your usual sophomoric nonsense.
    Last edited by Grokmaster; 09-21-2017 at 12:27 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grokmaster View Post
    Yeah, non one noticed your utter failure to refute a single fact I posted as usual. Just your usual sophomoric nonsense.

    He doesn't have to refute your facts. He is a liberal and whatever liberals say is Gospel and is NEVER to be questioned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dangermouse View Post
    A scientific theory is the best most accurate summary/description of the data available at the time. It's not a guess, even an educated one, by any reasoned description. It's also testable.
    Please show where the theory of human-caused global warming has been proven. It is nothing more than a THEORY, and a weak one at that. A GUESS.

    Sulphuric acid is H2SO4...ALWAYS. That is not a "theory" but a proven, verified SCIENTIFIC FACT. Get the difference?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    "Opinion", as the word is commonly and informally used today, can describe anything from the informed judgment of the world's foremost authority on a given topic, to the completely random, uninformed guesswork of someone who has no clue what is even being discussed. The lines between having an opinion that means something and is based on actual knowledge or experience, and just having an opinion have been blurred by things like talk radio, social media, and the Internet generally. A good example would be the "polls" that media frequently conducts about current events in the news: "Do you believe that O.J. is guilty?" "Do you believe that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia?" "Do you believe that Scott Petersen murdered his wife?" We have arrived at a place where it is widely assumed that virtually anyone's opinion about almost anything is as valid and important as anyone else's.
    Nonsense. No matter what you "believe", water exists as H2O in its natural state. FACT. Unaffected by OPINION.

    Scientific fact exists. But , much of science is NOT FACT, but the opinion of scientist(s).
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    Quote Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45 View Post
    He doesn't have to refute your facts. He is a liberal and whatever liberals say is Gospel and is NEVER to be questioned.
    Apparently so.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grokmaster View Post
    Except that this is a complete nonsense description of engineering. Bridges and skyrises stand up, right?
    It is tongue in cheek.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Archer0915 View Post
    Science is like engineering... Or should I say a scientist is like an engineer with one major difference, agenda!
    You know that's meant to be a joke right?
    People who think a movie about plastic dolls is trying to turn their kids gay or trans are now officially known as

    Barbie Q’s

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