On 29/03/13 13:06, Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

IN reality there is no such thing as a 'scientific fact' . There are
only scientific theories, that either predict what will happen
accurately., or turn out not to predict accurately.

Well strickly speaking, if their predictions are inaccurate, they're not
even theories. They're just hypotheses.

E.g. relativity, Newton's gravity, and quantum mechanics are good
theories (and deserve to be called theories) because they accurately
reflect reality and make accurate predictions which can and have been
tested, yea unto large numbers of decimal places.

Climate change doesn't even come close.

No, but it will come in your mouth.


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lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.