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Its not so much the fishing that bothers me, its the way they are almost insistent it is true, but never quite come out and say it is, and then sing a different tune when wrong such as "oh well it was only a theory".
I recall from back in my school days (which is quite a feat in its self) that in the past scientits used to believe the Earth was enveloped in some mystic material. I cant recall much about it, but I think it was supposed to correct for stars twinkling or retrograde motion of planets or something. Had lots of weird and strange properties, such as thinner at the front of the Earth and trailing away behind etc. Anyway the point was it was mystic, couldnt be seen, couldnt be measured, couldnt be tested, and every time some one tried the scientists of the day said "oh no you cant test for it like that"... reminds me of the Dark Energy debate now, mystic, is there just to explain some special purpose / equation, and no way of testing for it.
Another example from the past was when examining the human body. First everything definately worked by levers, muscles, filiments etc, and if only you could build a dummy well enough you could make it real. Then everything definately worked by chemicals, and with the right chemicals you could treat everything. Then it was all driven by electrical impulses, and with wires attached to the right place we get Frankenstines monster. Now its all DNA and if only we got that right I am sure we would know exactly how we all work..... until we discover what is next in driving us.... but you would be hard pressed to find many scientists today who dont believe (and really believe) its all down to DNA, just as it was all down to Electrical impulses, Chemistry, and Muscles before that....
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