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Old 04-October-2008, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Nereid View Post
Thanks for this ... you have confirmed what I suspected: one aspect of your questions has to do with the difference between what you perceive as science and what scientists actually do.

Clarification: my reference to the Great Depression was intended to refer solely to economics, as a science that is no different in its core methods from cosmology.

But let's continue with the demarcation exercise ...

To what extent is the study of human origins science (in your view)? As in the evolution of the species Homo sapiens?
You are a master of semantics Nereid. I fell into one of your traps. That is a mistake I shall endeavor to not make again.

The burden of proof is yours because you take utility from society for your research. Go economics.

The issue is the big bang theory and whether people should walk around with the idea in their head that the universe started as it describes. How does an interested party test to see if the theory is wrong? It can't possibly be by a semantic web starting with biology.