The more common form of this argument is the constant Slashdot debate whether open or closed programs are more secure. Science is the open source program here, it can be checked by experts even if most people don't understand it. Religion is the closed source program, we have to believe without anyone being able to see or check anything.
There is one much more important difference: Science doesn't always seek understanding, it also seeks predictions. Predictability is what different scientific theories are measured by.
There's an infinite number of possible theories that explain the whole history of Earth's weather. Yet there are very few theories that can use that data to predict what the weather will be like tomorrow. It doesn't really matter which theory we use for explanation (what we believe), what matters is which theory do we choose for weather forecasts (what we use).
I keep hearing this figure on the news, but nobody has ever bothered to say how radiaoactive this water was. I mean, if I put a miligram of Uranium into the Atlantic, did I just produce 323,600,000 cubic kilometres of radioactive water?
I also heard that the latest version of Firefox comes with a command line. Funny how most people that claim GUI's are the best don't even notice that websites are visited by typing their urls.
Eh, sorry, it's a postfix, not a prefix. But anyway, they wouldn't be called teens in the other language, but the best english translation is still teenagers.
I thought that The Big Band Theory lost its original funniness after the first two seasons, when it became more about relationships that about scientists, but I never figured it was because of a twelve-year-old.
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The Arena quake was 3.0
Exactly.
The more common form of this argument is the constant Slashdot debate whether open or closed programs are more secure. Science is the open source program here, it can be checked by experts even if most people don't understand it. Religion is the closed source program, we have to believe without anyone being able to see or check anything.
There is one much more important difference: Science doesn't always seek understanding, it also seeks predictions. Predictability is what different scientific theories are measured by.
There's an infinite number of possible theories that explain the whole history of Earth's weather. Yet there are very few theories that can use that data to predict what the weather will be like tomorrow. It doesn't really matter which theory we use for explanation (what we believe), what matters is which theory do we choose for weather forecasts (what we use).
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11,000 tons of radioactive water
I keep hearing this figure on the news, but nobody has ever bothered to say how radiaoactive this water was. I mean, if I put a miligram of Uranium into the Atlantic, did I just produce 323,600,000 cubic kilometres of radioactive water?
Assuming Production is not a function of Costs. Hint: it is.
Even better is the Alt-F2 launcher, I usually prefer pressing two keys over clicking the menu button.
I also heard that the latest version of Firefox comes with a command line. Funny how most people that claim GUI's are the best don't even notice that websites are visited by typing their urls.
Teach ethics to sharks.
there are places (and/or hours of the day) where you *don't* get the long lineups, and most people prefer to do their shopping there instead.
There's a paradox somewhere in here.
I'm quite sure that if the education program had the military's budget it wouldn't be as bad as it is now.
Nylons were engineered in the U.S.A.
Then why are they named after NY and London?
Well, guess where the first "commie" revolution took place?
Conservapedia is extra-conservative today.
It's called the 80-20 rule. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle.
No, what we are told and what I presume the GP was talking about is going to Wikipedia and looking up the articles cited from there.
The only way to ... Oh wait.
Imagine if someone had patented the 4-chord progression used by most pop songs.
Thank you for the link, good sir or madam. You just made my year.
Yeah, 2000 is pretty much 1960.
With microwave ovens.
Dangerous radiation, distroys healthy bacteria in milk etc.
And teflon kitchenware.
Teflon causes cancer.
And mobile phones
Radiation causes cancer.
And digital cameras
No more privacy.
And the world wide web
Child abuse, child pornography, think of the children...
And slashdot
I admit, I can't find anything wrong with that.
With commonly distributed measles vaccine
Causes autism
And mass-produced insulin
Again, I don't know any downsides, I am not a pharmacists.
And VCR's & DVR's
Promote asocial behaviour and/or obesity.
And The Pill (approved in 1960)
All kinds of hormonal problems, infertility.
And barcodes
Less social behavior at the stores.
With some understanding of genetics & proteomics
Monsanto.
Having found Cosmic microwave background radiation (aka confirming the big bang) ...etc
Some 12-year-old just debunked it
Eh, sorry, it's a postfix, not a prefix. But anyway, they wouldn't be called teens in the other language, but the best english translation is still teenagers.
He's obviously a paid Microsoft shill.
In most non-english, non-german speaking countries, a special prefix is gives to number from 11 through 19.
You insensitive clod!
I thought that The Big Band Theory lost its original funniness after the first two seasons, when it became more about relationships that about scientists, but I never figured it was because of a twelve-year-old.
They see me rollin'
my laptop
I know they're all thinking
I'm so white'n'nerdy
Even if it's not free, they give me something useful in return. The finance companies just take.