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Not Quite The UF Philosophy Corner by MatthewDBA2009-03-30 10:33:33
  Not quite valid. The statement presupposes the by twixt2009-03-30 11:06:30
    What makes you feel by MatthewDBA2009-03-30 11:10:29
      That's actually the crux of the matter. And is, by twixt2009-03-30 11:40:20
        Does it follow that by MatthewDBA2009-03-30 11:58:07
          All statements which cannot be resolved by by twixt 2009-03-30 12:37:36
application of the scientific method are opinion. There is a subset of opinions where - whether this particular subset of opinions are valid or invalid - is a decision imposed by humanity. And as such, these opinions are subject to review when scientific knowledge advances - such that experiments using the scientific method can now be devised in order to resolve these questions.

Once resolved, the results of the investigations move the opinion into the realm of fact. This removes the contention from the realm of opinion and we move on to the next contention we can examine from the point of view of moving that opinion from the realm of opinion into the realm of verifiable fact. This process repeats indefinitely.

However, because the requirement of society to be workable requires that we resolve a whole bunch of questions which cannot be resolved by application of the scientific method, we arbitrarily make decisions we hope are for the greatest good.

That we are humans, living in a probablistic universe, guarantees we are going to get it wrong sometimes. Which IMO, is the best argument I can give for the continuous reapplication of the scientific method to all questions humanity asks.
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            Does that include the statement by MatthewDBA2009-03-30 12:39:34
              Yes. That is a tenet. Like the mathematical by twixt2009-03-30 12:58:24
                That's not necessarily the case. by MatthewDBA2009-03-30 13:07:20
                  OK, I get what you are saying. However, by twixt2009-03-30 13:31:25
                    That's not quite what I'm saying by MatthewDBA2009-03-30 16:54:31
                      For the scientific method to work, a "fact" is by twixt2009-03-30 18:56:53
            All statements in the above form are automatically by Adiplomat2009-03-30 12:55:28

 

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