Give me a break dude. The spirit of science is to say "I don't know". The scientific graveyard is littered with the bones of those who were certain about their theories. It demands intellectual humility.
That's the ironic thing. I'd have more respect for your ideas if you weren't so certain about them. On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 11:56 AM 'Cosmin Visan' via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > So according to you, there is no science, because we don't have all the > answers. Nobody knows anything because nobody knows everything. Such logic, > much wow! > > On Tuesday, 7 May 2019 18:01:26 UTC+3, Terren Suydam wrote: >> >> When you admit to not knowing how a crucial part of your theory works, >> it's impossible for me to know your theory, because you don't even know it. >> >> Don't get me wrong. It's important, and good, to say "I don't know". >> However, that one moment of intellectual humility, however praise-worthy, >> gets drowned out by the unearned certainty you have in the rest of your >> theory, even insulting folks on this list for holding alternative positions >> to yours. >> >> So the problem isn't in saying "I don't know". It's in insisting you're >> right even when you know you don't know. >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e5304b84-2b50-46fb-aff8-dca0de870369%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e5304b84-2b50-46fb-aff8-dca0de870369%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAMy3ZA_aPaMbE12cMSaOMYSo5KceU3Qkmu13JNh-hz2fj_ywhA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
