I know about the psych classes... hence the emphasis on reproducibility. That's the point of the scientific method: if you aren't sure, or if there's room for different interpretations, show it again and again, and do it under controlled conditions.
And it's very hard to fool a camera, or a computer. I agree, witnesses differ - on something they've seen once, probably unexpectedly, without reason to memorise: but a camera recording doesn't. And if the same experiment gives the same results, I'd count that as fact. This weakens the 'single witness' case (e.g., individual biblical revelations), not science...
Plus, it's hard to describe a fossil dinosaur bone in too many ways. It's still harder to come to too many different interpretations that fit each and every bone... and the fossil is still there to examine, if you disagree...
As for scientific experiments: do it right, and the expected, scientifically predicted outcomes honestly do emerge. Whether or not you 'believe' in wave-particle duality, you can get a diffraction pattern from a light source passed through two slits. Or do you believe that *every* observer of this simple experiment is misreporting?
No need for miracles. But, as I say, reproduce one and I'll be fascinated. |
