This is a call to violence. Not in the ordinary sense. Instead in the sense that I want you to go out and tell people that they should support a violent policy. What is that policy specifically? I want the police to start pulling over and if necessary arresting people who are speeding. You might think this isn’t a call to violence, you might think that this is simply a call for more police enforcement, but that obscures the real issue of what violence is.
Tag: Theory
Jul 26 2010
Pique the Geek 20100725: Corruption of Scientific Terms
Scientific terms are often corrupted, and the wingnuts often do it. They conflate hypotheses with theories, and theories with laws. They also reduce the value of a theory to what they make out as just a guess.
This post is an attempt to separate the words and make the scientific method more sensible to folks who are not trained scientists. As always, if I not clear, comments and questions are always welcomed.
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