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Old 05-October-2008, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Warren Platts View Post
You should ask yourself whether taking history into account or ignoring it altogether when conducting a risk analysis that depends on the "watertightness" of untested theory is a sign of critical thinking or not.
Explain to me what is untested, exactly.

Come to think of it- how accurate is your knowledge of history?
I hear ridiculous claims all the time like "100 years ago scientists said the Earth was flat!" and all kinds of other nonsense from people that are trying very hard to point out that science can be wrong.
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