[Discuss] BLU's SEO

[invalid at pizzashack.org (Derek Martin)]

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 07:38:01PM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote:
> >phenomena is highly imperfect, and relies on statistical modeling to
> >establish correlation, rather than exact measurement.
> 
> That's bad science for a simple reason: correlation does not imply
> causation. 

Then medicine is not a science either... they've been relying on
correlation since the beginning.  Ask your doctor about atypical
presentation...  

And in fact physics is no different, except that typically the margin
of error can be much smaller.  This has, however, led to things being
labeled laws of physics in the past which were later revealed to be
wrong.  So I guess physics isn't a science either.  Drawing your
argument out to its extreme conclusion:  There is no such thing as
science.

> > Sociology is considered to be a science by academics everywhere;
>
> This statement is patently false. 

It isn't.  I did not say ALL academics everywhere.  

> Some of the experimental physicists at LNS say that the theoretical
> physicists at LNS aren't scientists. 

Ain't elitism grand?  Regardless, it conforms to many of the
definitions used by the overwhelming majority of people who use the
word "science" -- that makes it science.  That's how language works.

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