Test Your Scientific Literacy

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Is this thesis a good definition of what science is?

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  1. IsThatSo

    IsThatSo Registered Member

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    Do you agree to this 'thesis' proposals?
    www . infidels.org / library / modern / richard_carrier / SciLit.html
     
    IsThatSo, Oct 2, 2008
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  3. Crunchy Cat

    Crunchy Cat F-in' *meow* baby!!! Valued Senior Member

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    Yep. I also got #15 wrong.
     
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  5. BenTheMan

    BenTheMan Dr. of Physics, Prof. of Love Valued Senior Member

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    This is a pretty good exposition of science. Some of the questions seem like tricks, i.e."9. Scientists manipulate their experiments to produce particular results." The word "manipulate" is misleading, and the quesiton sould be rephrased. I missed #7 because I had implicitly defined "experiments" to include "observations", which I guess this guy didn't.

    I would point out that "Scientists accept the existence of theoretical entities that have never been directly observed." is a bit contriversial, something that many people gloss over, and a point which I've always made to hot-headed athiests who call the existence of God "unscientific". Some things are a priori unobservable, which means that they are unscientific by the author's own definition.
     
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    BenTheMan Dr. of Physics, Prof. of Love Valued Senior Member

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    BenTheMan, Oct 5, 2008
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    sts4567 Registered Member

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    sts4567, Oct 8, 2008
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