On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:56:51 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:55:29 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

All science is based on "viewpoints". What the heck do you think
drives scientific inquiry? One scientist's view is that Global Warming
is real. A different scientist looking at the same data calls
bulls**t. Openheimer felt that testing an atom bomb would set the
atmosphere on fire. Others didn't.

None of those "viewpoints" are science however, just opinions or
hypotheses. They become science, or not, after evaluation of the
underlying theory (if any), experimental proof by multiple
individuals, and peer review. Then it's not a viewpoint any longer.

Science is a continuing effort to discover and increase human
knowledge and understanding through disciplined research. It sounds as
though you don't consider any of the effort put into the reaching of
conclusions as 'science', or the practice thereof.
--
John H

All decisions, even those of liberals, are the result of binary thinking.