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To: The Reaper who wrote (20841)5/17/2008 10:24:49 PM
From: LoneClone  Read Replies (2) of 25575
 
I'm afraid you comment betrays a profound misunderstanding of how science works.

One study means little. Observations are used to generate theories and conceptual schemes, which in turn are used to generate testable hypotheses. These hypotheses can never be proved, only fail to be disproved (which is also the reason there is no way to prove the theory of evolution, or any other theory).

As the hypotheses are tested, the results are used to refine the theoretical constructs and refine the testable hypotheses. Over the course of numerous studies -- for something as complex as global warming, a minimum of thousands of studies over many years would be required -- a scientific consensus develops.

Brandishing one study without a thorough understanding of the scientific concepts used to develop the hypotheses and the methodology used to test them, not to mention a thorough investigation of any scientific biases of the researchers, particularly with regard to funding sources and academic careerism, is meaningless.

LC
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