Re: [Marxism] global warming and Marxism

[Debordagoria <phantasmagorias@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paula wrote,

If anyone challenges the IPCC's findings, the
fact of the challenge itself (ie, the fact that the
challenge disagrees with the findings)
should not count as an argument against the challenge.
The challenge should be considered solely on its own
merits. This is standard scientific
procedure, and for good reason (because mainstream
scientific views can be wrong, and science often
progresses by disproving mainstream views).

Mike Friedman (for some reason) replied,

> No, and no. In science, not all hypotheses are
> considered. Based on the knowledge base,
>observations, available data, etc., many hypotheses
>are not even considered worthy of consideration.
>Among viable hypotheses, we  use the criterion of
>parsimony (Occam's Razor) to choose hypotheses for
>testing. This is all before experimentation would
>even be conducted, in lab sciences. 

What this has to do with Paula's point I have no idea.

Friedman continues,

>And science almost NEVER progresses by
> disproving "mainstream" views, since most
>contending hypotheses ARE "mainstream"
> views. The exceptions are more glamorous, but far
> fewer... 

So I guess Friedman's pompous reply basically amounts
to changing Paula's "science often progresses..." to
"science SOMETIMES progresses," a change which has no
effect on the point she was making.

Michael D.


       
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