From: Ron Hira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: What is Science? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Andy Hira' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I'm a member of a Technology Policy Committee with IEEE (the electrical engineering professional society). Recently, the IEEE was sent a letter and memo from APS, American Physical Society, which asked for an endorsement for the definition of science. The purpose of this is to weed out junk and pseudo science from true science. Here is the APS definition: ----------- Science is the systematic enterprise of gathering knowledge about the world and organizing and condensing that knowledge into testable laws and theories. The success and credibility of science is anchored in the willingness of scientists to: 1) Expose their ideas and results to independent testing and replication by other scientists. This requires the complete and open exchange of data, procedures and materials. 2) Abandon or modify accepted conclusions when confronted with more complete or reliable experimental evidence. ------------------- Please let me know what you think. Ron Hira [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-993-4404 (W) 703-993-2284 (Fax)
