A friend of a friend told me that he had been on holiday and when he came back and developed his roll of film he found a picture with two guys in their hotel bathroom with my friend and his wifes' toothbrushes stuck up their rectums.
Could you disprove this as my friend is a real know-it-all. Thanks
Just like 'good science' is often built on assumptions. And as Godel 'proved' with his Incompleteness Theorem, we all make assumptions that we build our science/math/logic on--whether it be hysterical media warning us of the dangers of MMR jabs or cynical drug companies/worried govt. agencies convincing us all of the greater disaster that awaits us if we don't all rush along and stick live viruses into little children(albeit small amounts).
The main assumption made in BOTH sides of that particular war of (pseudo?) scientific research was that only a single cause was responsible for autism. The pro 'MMR gives you autism' lobby believed(and possibly still do) that MMR was solely responsible whilst the pro 'MMR does not give you autism' did not even consider the issue of whether it could be just a contributing fact OF MANY. Both 'sides' made this logical mistake in their fight to be right and in my view, missed out on the complexity of the issues. What if certain children are just built to develop autism from jabs and others have the kind of physiology that prevents this? Control experiments aren't always the answer.
I always thought that science was about considering possibilities and then filtering them down. Unfortunately, we still equate science and truth with this woefully inadequate binary view of the universe when it is patently more than this.
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You've been in IRAQ and you're worried about a VIRUS on your box? You have balls of steel my friend...
No we must call it phraud
He should check out his entry in Uncyclopedia....
A friend of a friend told me that he had been on holiday and when he came back and developed his roll of film he found a picture with two guys in their hotel bathroom with my friend and his wifes' toothbrushes stuck up their rectums. Could you disprove this as my friend is a real know-it-all. Thanks
Just like 'good science' is often built on assumptions. And as Godel 'proved' with his Incompleteness Theorem, we all make assumptions that we build our science/math/logic on--whether it be hysterical media warning us of the dangers of MMR jabs or cynical drug companies/worried govt. agencies convincing us all of the greater disaster that awaits us if we don't all rush along and stick live viruses into little children(albeit small amounts). The main assumption made in BOTH sides of that particular war of (pseudo?) scientific research was that only a single cause was responsible for autism. The pro 'MMR gives you autism' lobby believed(and possibly still do) that MMR was solely responsible whilst the pro 'MMR does not give you autism' did not even consider the issue of whether it could be just a contributing fact OF MANY. Both 'sides' made this logical mistake in their fight to be right and in my view, missed out on the complexity of the issues. What if certain children are just built to develop autism from jabs and others have the kind of physiology that prevents this? Control experiments aren't always the answer. I always thought that science was about considering possibilities and then filtering them down. Unfortunately, we still equate science and truth with this woefully inadequate binary view of the universe when it is patently more than this.
Bend It Like Bender....