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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai
(1) Well its all theory, in theory at least.  If you want to get really philosophical about it, you can make the valid statement that there is no proven fact at all, we can't even really prove we exist, or that anything we "sense" does. |
But some people act like it is indeed proven fact. Skybird does it all the time.
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(2) Its a lot more then simple speculation, there is considerable evidence in support of the theories relating to this topic. This isn't some theory a guy came up with one day on the back balcony having a beer, based on sheer speculation.
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They said "largely" speculation. YOU are the one changing that to "sheer" speculation and "simple" speculation.
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(3) I think it has far more prejudiced the greater populace as to its debate on the topic rather than the scientific community itself (notice how the political sides have lined up on the issue?). The scientific community at least has some training in identifying their own biases and trying to control for them. Plus of course the whole thing on the scientific method which is designed to reduce bias as much as possible.
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Well I agree and you'd think the scientific community would have learnt to stay out of politics by now but I guess they have to pander to the alarmists in order to get their funding.