Failure to Understand Scientific Method

Your thesis would be valuable in public discource, if it could be formed into a nail, hammered into the thick skulls of religionists and political ideologues, after which it would dissovle, suffusing their benighted minds with enlightenment.

But, in short, it ain'ta gonna happen . . .

Re: Failure to Understand Scientific Method

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We, who understand Popper, can help change this attitude by involving ourself in the effort to enlighten the population.

Coberst,

I do my part by answering questions here on A2K.

OK then Chuck.

How many of your prejudices do you want rid of?

I have been following Popper's advice for years. I have no biases or prejudices left to rid myself of.

What a prejudice!

Okay then Chuck-

Do you think you're addicted to oil?

You wouldn't have a nervous breakdown or anything if it was cut off?You could handle the "cold turkey" alright.

I have loads of prejudices.I like big tits for example.Not too big mind you.34 up to 48 DD cup is within my range.I don't know what I'd do without prejudices.Suffocate probably.

Is oil an addiction? Is an addiction a prejudice or bias?

As far as the last paragraph. First I would need to know if spendius is male or female. My answer would be different in both.

Chuck-

With your age and experience you ought to be able to sex me easily enough.

"Is oil an addiction" sounds like you haven't thought of oil in this way before.You have been taking it for granted.Now that's a prejudice in my view.Most prejudices are unconscious.But the fact is that humans have been around for 2million years,some say 4, and taking oil for granted is a thing for say,the last 100 years,which is nothing compared to even the lowest estimate.You'll have a prejudice that you are perfectly entitled to squander oil on your whims and you will welcome those siren voices that try to say that our consumption of it is harmless and you will demand of those who say it is harmful scientific proof whilst conveniently forgetting that you have no scientific proof that it is not.

Onto Popper on sociology.With modern data processing one could take every marriage certificate and relate it to the places of birth of the two participants,with reference to the distance between them, and one could do this for a large number of years.If one discovered a trend that showed the distance to have been steadily increasing as the industrial age progressed one would have some sort of objective truth.About "love" say.And about many other things.Don't you think that would have more science in it than speculations about the nature of sub-atomic particles which are all based on observable effects of these particles under certain laboratory conditions.And to try anything similar with the marriage certificates would reduce humans to particles.

Spendius

I looked up prejudice. One of its meaning, which is the only way I think of it, is a prejudgement without just grounds. I think that our unthinking attitude toward most things in life are unfortunate and should be corrected.

Your last paragraph baffles me. I have come back to it several times but still do not understand.

Gee Chuck!

That that baffles you baffles me.It's elementary stuff.You should see what they do now with tie-ups between birth,marriage and death records and medical histories right back into the 17th century.
Some American spent two years in an Irish rural area which was admired for its informality,its help thy neighbour mores and general all round sweetness and discovered that the bottom line was dead level which showed they had all been cynically calculating every move they made.

What was baffling?Are you being obtuse in order to continue believing all that love at first sight malarky so dear to the hearts of chocolate,jewelry and fashion manufacturers and that the houses are not just breeding hutches and energy sinks for a wildly profigate efficiency of production.

Do those adjust your unfortunate,unthinking attitudes in any way?

Spendius

Thanks for the clarification.