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Originally Posted by renormalised
That's only because you know that I'm right.
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Originally Posted by renormalised
Maths is a tool. A tool can be used for any reason whatsoever....whether that be to bolster one's position or belief, or to prove/disprove a hypothesis. If your position as a scientist is that "x=true" and "y=false", then it's very easy to use maths to bolster that assumption, or its counterpoint. Especially since both x and y maybe theories held by different scientists or might be competing theories within the scientific community. Proving or disproving either is the purview of mathematics and data can be manipulated to say whatever you want because your assumptions will dictate how that data is used.
If you think belief is totally absent from scientific research and discussion then you're sadly mistaken.
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The two essential characteristics of Science is objectivity and independent verifiability.
Without both of these, its not Science .. its nonsense !
Pure and simple.