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What's wrong with inconsistent theories, anyway?

pwokenyaw — 8/5/2003 11:44:03 PM (archived)

Science is not theology requiring consistent beliefs, either. Even if Nick's theories were truly contradictory he could say "here are two good explanations, one of them is right, and more data will answer the question."

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Our own Nick on CNN - Don - 8/5/2003 1:21:45 AM
- re: Our own Nick on CNN is confused about life on Mars - BD - 8/5/2003 1:54:33 AM
  - Not confused at all - Nick Hoffman - 8/5/2003 4:45:42 AM
    - What's wrong with inconsistent theories, anyway? - pwokenyaw - 8/5/2003 11:44:03 PM
    - re: Not confused at all - BD - 8/5/2003 11:32:00 AM
      - Uhhh, Barry - Exactly how radioactive is Mars? - E.P. Grondine - 8/6/2003 3:44:34 PM
        
        Excuse me EP... - Nick Hoffman - 8/7/2003 5:23:15 AM
        
        Thanks, Nick... but you missed the atom bomb effect - E.P. Grondine - 8/8/2003 4:54:14 PM
        
        re: Thanks, Nick... but you missed the atom bomb effect - Nick Hoffman - 8/9/2003 4:10:04 AM
        
        uhhh, Nick - E.P. Grondine - 8/12/2003 5:37:50 PM
        
        re: uhhh, Nick - Nick Hoffman - 8/13/2003 12:44:54 AM
        
        Defining the problem space - E.P. Grondine - 8/8/2003 6:47:54 PM
        
        re: Uhhh, Ed - How radioactive is Three Mile Island Nuclear reactor? - BD - 8/6/2003 5:17:07 PM
        
        Not relevant to Mars radioactivity - How radioactive is Mars, Barry? - E.P. Grondine - 8/6/2003 7:19:21 PM
        
        re: SNC meteorites pose no dangers to terrestrial microbes - BD - 8/6/2003 7:47:25 PM
        
        Barry, you're missing the point - E.P. Grondine - 8/8/2003 5:33:41 PM
        
        The Tooth Fairy took it... - Nick Hoffman - 8/9/2003 4:17:48 AM
        
        and left NASA with nothing to do... - E.P. Grondine - 8/12/2003 5:00:18 PM
        
        Neutrons - Nick Hoffman - 8/13/2003 12:52:37 AM
        
        re: Barry, you're missing the point...no, I don't think so - BD - 8/8/2003 11:47:09 PM
        
        Labelled Release Experiment results worthless in Mars radiation environment - E.P. Grondine - 8/12/2003 5:21:41 PM
        
        re: Labelled Release Experiment results measured C-14 - BD - 8/12/2003 5:36:58 PM
        
        Possibly - E.P. Grondine - 8/12/2003 6:15:01 PM
        
        Hummm.... It sounds like you believe the truth and falsity of the same proposition at the same time in the same way... - Davin L. - 8/8/2003 7:32:35 PM
        
        No - E.P. Grondine - 8/8/2003 8:30:46 PM
        
        I'm waiting, Ed.... (n/t) - Davin L. - 8/9/2003 4:37:31 AM
        
        re: No - Davin L. - 8/8/2003 8:53:05 PM
        
        re: Uhhh, Ed - How radioactive is Three Mile Island Nuclear reactor? - BD - 8/6/2003 5:16:43 PM
        
        re: Uhhh, Ed - How radioactive is Three Mile Island Nuclear reactor? - BD - 8/6/2003 5:16:34 PM
  - re:NASAs search for life on Mars hardly seems "Desperate" to me. (n/t) - Nipper Wolf - 8/5/2003 3:01:52 AM
    - re: re:NASAs search for life on Mars hardly seems "Desperate" to me. - BD - 8/5/2003 3:04:03 AM
      - Yeah, an $800,000,000 effort to find a reason to keep their jobs - E.P. Grondine - 8/6/2003 3:51:13 PM
  - Uh...Barry - Don - 8/5/2003 2:02:56 AM
    - re: Uh...Barry - BD - 8/5/2003 2:13:41 AM

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