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  • The Scientific Priesthood

    Wow, I'm glad didn't put my faith there:
    http://theweek.com/articles/618141/big-science-broken
    Actually YOU put Trump in the White House. He wouldn't have gotten 1% of the vote if it wasn't for the widespread spiritual and cultural devastation caused by progressive policies. There's no "this country" left with your immigration policies, your "allies" are worthless and even more suicidal than you are and democracy is a sick joke that I hope nobody ever thinks about repeating when the current order collapses. - Darth_Executor striking a conciliatory note in Civics 101

  • #2
    Originally posted by Meh Gerbil View Post
    Wow, I'm glad didn't put my faith there:
    http://theweek.com/articles/618141/big-science-broken
    You just need to have greater faith!

    Advocates of the existing scientific research paradigm usually smugly declare that while some published conclusions are surely false, the scientific method has "self-correcting mechanisms" that ensure that, eventually, the truth will prevail. Unfortunately for all of us, Wilson makes a convincing argument that those self-correcting mechanisms are broken.
    Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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    • #3
      International Archives of Medicine for 600 Euros. It was picked up by multiple news outlets often getting front page coverage.

      The entire affair can be read about here: I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How as well as here: How the "chocolate diet" hoax fooled millions.

      The host of the aforementioned TV show, Adam Conover, had his own fraudulent study "The Possible Irritating Effects of Nutritional Facts" published in a faux journal called Advances In Nutrition And Food Technology to confirm that this does indeed happen. It was pretty obvious that the publisher never read it for it is a blatant spoof.

      I'm always still in trouble again

      "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
      "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
      "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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      • #4
        Advocates of the existing scientific research paradigm usually smugly declare that while some published conclusions are surely false, the scientific method has "self-correcting mechanisms" that ensure that, eventually, the truth will prevail. Unfortunately for all of us, Wilson makes a convincing argument that those self-correcting mechanisms are broken.
        Popper is still the top of the line in terms of philosophy of science. He's the only philosopher of science who is admired by most scientist. His thing is that science is not about truth but verisimilitude.
        Metacrock's Blog


        The Religious a priori: apologetics for 21st ccentury

        The Trace of God by Joseph Hinman

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        • #5
          Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
          International Archives of Medicine for 600 Euros. It was picked up by multiple news outlets often getting front page coverage.

          The entire affair can be read about here: I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How as well as here: How the "chocolate diet" hoax fooled millions.

          The host of the aforementioned TV show, Adam Conover, had his own fraudulent study "The Possible Irritating Effects of Nutritional Facts" published in a faux journal called Advances In Nutrition And Food Technology to confirm that this does indeed happen. It was pretty obvious that the publisher never read it for it is a blatant spoof.
          Back in the early ought's a study came out claiming that only 16% of scientific medical studies were scientific.
          Metacrock's Blog


          The Religious a priori: apologetics for 21st ccentury

          The Trace of God by Joseph Hinman

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          • #6
            Originally posted by seer View Post
            You just need to have greater faith!

            Advocates of the existing scientific research paradigm usually smugly declare that while some published conclusions are surely false, the scientific method has "self-correcting mechanisms" that ensure that, eventually, the truth will prevail. Unfortunately for all of us, Wilson makes a convincing argument that those self-correcting mechanisms are broken.
            Dang that sounds just like Shunya's argument about the text books being wrong.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Meh Gerbil View Post
              Wow, I'm glad didn't put my faith there:
              http://theweek.com/articles/618141/big-science-broken
              Second thread referring to First Things magazine. A conservative Christian magazine with a religious agenda.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post
                Second thread referring to First Things magazine. A conservative Christian magazine with a religious agenda.
                Yep, shoot the messenger - tell us Shuny, what did the piece get factually wrong? And here are links to non-Christian sites making the same case:

                Last edited by seer; 04-18-2016, 12:28 PM.
                Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by seer View Post
                  Yep, shoot the messenger - tell us Shuny, what did the piece get factually wrong? And here are links to non-Christian sites making the same case:
                  It only cited negative examples and did not address the over all situation of modern history of science.

                  Yes, I would shoot incompetent messengers with a religious agenda.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post
                    It only cited negative examples and did not address the over all situation of modern history of science.

                    Yes, I would shoot incompetent messengers with a religious agenda.
                    Really Shuny, they are speaking of the same studies, like the Bayer study that First Things referenced.

                    Many factors contribute to the low odds of reproducibility. The original experiments may have been poorly designed, or there could be problems with how results were analyzed. The trend may also be a symptom of a scientific community in which the job market and funding are tighter than ever, and researchers must publish or perish, leading to a lack of rigor in their research And because journals favor original research, scientists have little incentive to pursue replicative work. http://protomag.com/articles/replica...search-problem
                    There is a built in bias not to do replicative work.
                    Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                    • #11
                      I didn't expect the edifice of 'science' to show cracks quite this soon.
                      I thought worshipping the gods of knowledge in their pure white coats would last at least another 100 years.
                      So much for 'rational systemic thought' leading to enlightenment.

                      This spawns two additional thoughts:
                      1: You can criticize the Roman Catholic Church for it's corruption all you want, however, the organization was around 1500 years before the scientific method and by all appearances it will be around 1500 years after the golden calf of rationalism has been melted and fashioned into thuribles. You earn +10 points if you know what a thurible is without looking it up.

                      2: Anytime a house falls this quickly you can be sure it was built upon a foundation of sand, and oh, how this gerbil loves digging in the sand.
                      Actually YOU put Trump in the White House. He wouldn't have gotten 1% of the vote if it wasn't for the widespread spiritual and cultural devastation caused by progressive policies. There's no "this country" left with your immigration policies, your "allies" are worthless and even more suicidal than you are and democracy is a sick joke that I hope nobody ever thinks about repeating when the current order collapses. - Darth_Executor striking a conciliatory note in Civics 101

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Meh Gerbil View Post
                        I didn't expect the edifice of 'science' to show cracks quite this soon.
                        I thought worshipping the gods of knowledge in their pure white coats would last at least another 100 years.
                        So much for 'rational systemic thought' leading to enlightenment.

                        This spawns two additional thoughts:
                        1: You can criticize the Roman Catholic Church for it's corruption all you want, however, the organization was around 1500 years before the scientific method and by all appearances it will be around 1500 years after the golden calf of rationalism has been melted and fashioned into thuribles. You earn +10 points if you know what a thurible is without looking it up.

                        2: Anytime a house falls this quickly you can be sure it was built upon a foundation of sand, and oh, how this gerbil loves digging in the sand.
                        Stop you are going to give Shuny a stroke!
                        Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                        • #13
                          Where can I cash in my 10 points?

                          I'm always still in trouble again

                          "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                          "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                          "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                            Where can I cash in my 10 points?
                            As soon as the Trout/Gerbil forum is set up we'll begin work on the store.
                            Trout and I have really big plans for TWEB, unless of course, short sighted management blocks it.
                            Actually YOU put Trump in the White House. He wouldn't have gotten 1% of the vote if it wasn't for the widespread spiritual and cultural devastation caused by progressive policies. There's no "this country" left with your immigration policies, your "allies" are worthless and even more suicidal than you are and democracy is a sick joke that I hope nobody ever thinks about repeating when the current order collapses. - Darth_Executor striking a conciliatory note in Civics 101

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Meh Gerbil View Post
                              As soon as the Trout/Gerbil forum is set up we'll begin work on the store.
                              Trout and I have really big plans for TWEB, unless of course, short sighted management blocks it.
                              When Sparko and I become president of the U.S. one of our first executive actions will be to establish a forum for you guys.

                              I'm always still in trouble again

                              "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                              "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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