tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656361.post113693213459316884..comments2023-11-02T04:52:24.035-07:00Comments on daviditron: C8H11NO2: another mystery solved?and then the_doctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12648947724821535410noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656361.post-1137293457566468112006-01-14T18:50:00.000-08:002006-01-14T18:50:00.000-08:00This definitely puts me in mind of the lamentably ...This definitely puts me in mind of the lamentably little known Pascal's Unicorn Wager, which, if I recall correctly, asserts that we should believe that if a thousand Unicorns were tossed up in the air, about as many would come down on the horns as on their asses.rainswepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165059567790555748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656361.post-1137170174215114622006-01-13T08:36:00.000-08:002006-01-13T08:36:00.000-08:00....(much throat clearing) ignore that last punctu.......(much throat clearing) ignore that last punctuation mark, anyways, ...that makes me so aware of scientific principles. It is the very reason that I am so Jaded!Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16070512615758193892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656361.post-1137169988820198292006-01-13T08:33:00.000-08:002006-01-13T08:33:00.000-08:00Actually the underlying principle of all scientifi...Actually the underlying principle of all scientific study (not that I personally hold to this epistimological understanding of truth) is that you can not PROVE something true. You can only more closely approximate the truth by proving something false, or by being thus far unable to prove something false. So if you're aiming to be not wrong, you are actually better off choosing to believe in something that, by its very nature, can't be proven wrong. <BR/>It is my many years of psych study, the discipline that attempts the preposterous (in my opinion) the scientific study of human behavior.Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16070512615758193892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656361.post-1137111013708248202006-01-12T16:10:00.000-08:002006-01-12T16:10:00.000-08:00This is of course an argument from ignorance. Its...This is of course an argument from ignorance. Its an argument that tries to prove something with a lack of proof. In fact, this is not an argument at all and persuasions of this class are not to be considered by anyone endeavoring to think clearly.and then the_doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12648947724821535410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11656361.post-1137014985338187662006-01-11T13:29:00.000-08:002006-01-11T13:29:00.000-08:00"Leaving out some beliefs because they are unsuppo..."Leaving out some beliefs because they are unsupported allows one to be not wrong which is slightly different from being right about something". What an unscientific statement coming from such a truth-seeking fellow. Actually, by believing in things that can never be proven wrong you might get closer to being right. You could find and capture a unicorn and then I'd be right. But if you never find one, then you still haven't proven me wrong.Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16070512615758193892noreply@blogger.com