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Article #865Re: Scientist skeptical about their own
From: Hakki Kocabas
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:04
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:04
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> All of which is not to say that theories may not _sometimes_ blind us to > facts. For evidence of this sort of blindness, see the Air Force's > "Condon Report" on UFOs, and in particular their attempts to "copy" the A theory _can not_ blind us to facts. But a theory may not be useful enough, or well developed enough for us to use to communicate with others when we report what we observe. Also a 'fact' is a 'fact' only according to a theory. These are all grammatical remarks about 'theory', 'fact', 'observe' as they are used in relation to our scientific activities. > Charles Creegan NC Wesleyan College
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato.ac.nz!aukuni.ac.nz!kcbbs!kc Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: Scientist skeptical about their own Message-ID: <1029320.79489.8988@kcbbs.gen.nz> From: Hakki_Kocabas@kcbbs.gen.nz (Hakki Kocabas) Date: 21 Jan 93 22:04:49 GMT Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand Lines: 13