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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: koan who wrote (1010127)4/6/2017 1:21:16 PM
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>> 150 years ago science was not as disciplined, or knowledgeable as it is today.
>> Eugenics was formulated a long time ago when our thinking was still quite primitive

You do realize the scientific method dates to the 13th Century, right? That, after all, is what we're talking about, not science per se.

I believe it was a fairly perfect analogy. There are plenty of other instances of the scientific community going off the rails to support a favorite cause, however.

The important point is in science you have to prove things with experimentation. As someone who has worked extensively with computer models, I can tell you that calling them proof is often overstating the case. Even when you get a model that works it isn't really proof it works into the future.
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