tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post6165875189585755586..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Climate of Complete Certainty, or: Nice Knowing You, Bret StephensWinston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-37325966168180296462017-04-29T12:29:49.366-04:002017-04-29T12:29:49.366-04:00If you're asking me...I don't think it'...If you're asking me...I don't think it's wrong. I think it's being pushed dogmatically. <br /><br />And, if you put a gun to my head and made me guess, I'd guess that things are not as bad as one might think just by watching CNN or whatever. Roughly: the more wide-eyed certain views of the matter get, the safer a bet it is that they're erring on the side of pessimism.<brWinston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-70772287981485596602017-04-29T12:24:19.984-04:002017-04-29T12:24:19.984-04:00A theory is a cohesive explanation about how the w...A theory is a cohesive explanation about how the world works--like Newton's theory of Gravity. It has to have verifiable predictions (which is where Darwin had trouble for the first hundred years.) <br />And yes, people today consider Newton's theory of gravity mostly correct: it's good enough for rocketry, but not for GPS or astrophysics.<br />I am having a hard time understand wherePete Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675790226494153847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-17901702943919737792017-04-29T11:54:22.716-04:002017-04-29T11:54:22.716-04:00You are so right about nutrition science. I feel ...You are so right about nutrition science. I feel like anyone with an IQ greater than their lapdog realizes that stuff is self-justifying trendy garbage.<br /><br />Corollary: most yuppies are no smarter than their lapdogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com