Not All Science, Not All Peer Review is the Same

Sometimes we refer to concepts with too broad a brush. I try to examine some bristles in the brush in this video.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Global
• Warming

[TheTrollgubbe]

What about mathematics itself .. Is it a science or not ? Or is it just a tool for the other "real" sciencis

[DarwinsHamster]

I used to have an answer for that, but now I'm not so sure. I think we refer to mathematics as a non-empirical science, that is, a science not based on observation, but on logic alone.

[adorianvlad]

You make good points, D.H. ; the way I look at these issues is that science is putting forward a rather "reliable" set of models in order to experiment certain properties and to understand nature at its very core.

As such, the double blind experiments, or the falsifiability may as well be reliable enough to be considered pillars for follow-up data.

To understand more clearly, consider a scale of 1-100 where 90% would represent a clear majority, right? Could this analogy be extrapolated to it?

[DarwinsHamster]

Let me read your comment again tomorrow after a night's sleep and perhaps I can respond better. Thanks for the comment and question.

[SuperiorMind]

I guess sometimes it takes a while for more real peer reviewing(or discovery of other vars) to occur and filter out the garbage. In the mean time, the sensationalism will be great for funding and book sales. I often check around when it comes to stuff like that - if I find research done in various parts of the world many numerous times - then I feel more confident in the results(ie: medical research). NASA's estimates of global warming fx seem much more realistic than what I've seen in media.

[adorianvlad]

O.K., thanks, and sorry, the circumstances doesn't allow me to make a video at the moment.

[inmendham]

There's such rampant dishonestly in the propaganda of philosophy (and science) that it is difficult to trust any source if what you seek is just conclusions... as I see it most things worth saying with "authority" are worth taking the time to defend with substantive evidence.