OK. I'll bow to that. With abandon, Patrick
On Thursday, March 14, 2013 3:25:44 PM UTC-6, Tim McNamara wrote: > > That's still not quite correct, Patrick. Science by definition is not > anecdotal: it is based on testable hypotheses and repeatable results > resulting in data which can be analyzed and independently confirmed or > disproved. Double blind studies are appropriate and necessary in some > aspects of science but not in others- indeed, in most scientific > experiments the double blind model is not necessary or sometimes not > possible, such as the search for gravitational lensing to confirm part of > Einstein's theory of general relativity or chemical analysis of proteins. > The double blind model, on the other hand, is very useful for comparing > the efficacy of a medication to placebo by reducing the effects of bias and > expectation on outcomes. Gallileo did not need to use the double blind > model to measure the acceleration of objects in Earth's gravitational > field. > > Once one gets to repeatable observation and measurement, one has left the > realm of anecdote. Anecdotes may be very accurate but it is the scientific > method that ultimately provides the confirmation. > > Cheers! > > Tim > > > > On Mar 14, 2013, at 3:45 PM, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > > > OK. I overstated. Most science done today is anecdotal. It does not meet > the standard of double-blind, peer reviewed data. So I treat it as > anecdotal. > > > > With abandon, > > Patrick > > > > On Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:29:45 PM UTC-6, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-03-14 at 06:36 -0700, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > > What science isn't based on anecdotal evidence? I did x, observed y, > > > measured z... > > > > Compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence with > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_evidence > > > > I see little support for your assertion. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
