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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6041490" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>I think that open discourse is a staple of scientific integrity and that includes how scientific knowledge gets disseminated to the public at large. I think that there are some scientific fields (ones where we cannot experiment in the lab, or are limited in the types of lab experiments that we can perform) where the theories are susceptible to both more rigid dogma and to a higher probability of incorrectness. Sorry, but having (possibly) hundreds of scientists looking for Dark Matter for 80 years (seriously looking for 40 years) and failing, and having every Dark Matter equation ever thought of only working for some galaxies and not for others, should give someone a clue to look for something else. That to me IS a definition of close mindedness.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, there has been quite a bit in the literature recently about more and more astronomers siding with the idea that some form of modification to Einstein's general relativity and/or Newton's gravity equations as more reasonable explanations than Dark Matter.</p><p></p><p>With regard to educators and the media, scientists should hold their feet to the fire. Scientists should especially not let the media misrepresent their work in any way. I doubt scientists can do anything about educators since a lot of that tends to be hidden from their view. Course, a scientist who writes an educational book does get a share of the $100 to $200 per book sold, so they should be motivated to keep their books up to date with the latest theory and should indicate it as such.</p><p></p><p>As for my second post, you ignored most of it and concentrated on one specific sentence and decided to continue to only discuss it.</p><p></p><p>With regard to science, I think a lot of science is very solid. We wouldn't be having this conversation (or heating our dinner or doing hundreds of everyday things) without technology that resulted directly from solid science.</p><p></p><p>But, I do think that some of the more theoretical and not quite proven (or hard to prove or disprove) science tends to be a bit more dogmatic (when it shouldn't) and resistant to change. And some of this is the way it should be. We should not throw out the baby with the bath water every time a glitch comes along. But, we should also explore other alternatives because glitches do come along.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'm not really trying to attack anyone, but you seem to be taking it that way, so I'll just drop it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 6041490, member: 2011"] I think that open discourse is a staple of scientific integrity and that includes how scientific knowledge gets disseminated to the public at large. I think that there are some scientific fields (ones where we cannot experiment in the lab, or are limited in the types of lab experiments that we can perform) where the theories are susceptible to both more rigid dogma and to a higher probability of incorrectness. Sorry, but having (possibly) hundreds of scientists looking for Dark Matter for 80 years (seriously looking for 40 years) and failing, and having every Dark Matter equation ever thought of only working for some galaxies and not for others, should give someone a clue to look for something else. That to me IS a definition of close mindedness. Interestingly, there has been quite a bit in the literature recently about more and more astronomers siding with the idea that some form of modification to Einstein's general relativity and/or Newton's gravity equations as more reasonable explanations than Dark Matter. With regard to educators and the media, scientists should hold their feet to the fire. Scientists should especially not let the media misrepresent their work in any way. I doubt scientists can do anything about educators since a lot of that tends to be hidden from their view. Course, a scientist who writes an educational book does get a share of the $100 to $200 per book sold, so they should be motivated to keep their books up to date with the latest theory and should indicate it as such. As for my second post, you ignored most of it and concentrated on one specific sentence and decided to continue to only discuss it. With regard to science, I think a lot of science is very solid. We wouldn't be having this conversation (or heating our dinner or doing hundreds of everyday things) without technology that resulted directly from solid science. But, I do think that some of the more theoretical and not quite proven (or hard to prove or disprove) science tends to be a bit more dogmatic (when it shouldn't) and resistant to change. And some of this is the way it should be. We should not throw out the baby with the bath water every time a glitch comes along. But, we should also explore other alternatives because glitches do come along. Anyway, I'm not really trying to attack anyone, but you seem to be taking it that way, so I'll just drop it. [/QUOTE]
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