Dave, > On May 30, 2020, at 12:32 AM, Prof David West <[email protected]> wrote: > > Science suffers from a similar problem. Making assertions as if they were > unalloyed accurate and True Facts when they know that the models, the > assumptions, the data (lack of) generate more ambiguity and conclude little > more than probabilities. And they constantly change. But Science remains > unable to admit to error or ambiguity — generating a facade that is just as > false as the "We are always in the right" facade of police departments.
That’s a lot of bullshit. It is a general claim about the actions of an encompassing set of people. I have a large set of people against whom I can test that claim, and it is about as opposite from factual accuracy as I know how to get in the world of human behavior. You are, of course, free to believe whatever serves your own needs, and I continue to support your right to do it unmolested. You are even free to troll up to whatever limits the board moderators consider appropriate, and I can’t imagine the above comes anywhere near infringing on a limit of decency. However, if you are trolling in a public place, it is reasonable for someone else to flag the trolling as bullshit. Eric -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
