[Vision2020] Stephen Hawking’s Blunder on Black Holes Shows Danger of Listening to Scientists

[Paul Rumelhart]

I would also like to mention that people should remember that science is a
journey, not a destination.  As new information comes in,  hypotheses can
be invalidated and theories can be tossed for failing to handle new data.
Predictions can fail, and even simple brain-dead assumptions can be shown
not to hold.  It's an iterative process, and the fact that hypostheses can
be wrong is what makes it so powerful.  The scientific method allows us to
learn from our mistakes, which is what separates it from dogma.

Paul


On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 7:18 PM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:

>
> Tom
> I am in some what more agreement with you here than on your previous
> immigration comments attributed to Bachman. I think that you should listen
> to scientists when they comment in their field. Just  understand that that
> scientist do disagree among themselves and that what is currently the
> preceived wisdom may change with new information.
>
> On your immigration post, just what is your solution? I do not have one.
> Just shipping them back like some want to do, does not seem to me to solve
> anything. And just what are you shipping them back to? It is sensationalism
> to call them Labor camps. Some sort of facility to house and take care of
> them would seem to be the humane thing to do. I do not have any answers.
> Roger
>
>
> ------------------------------
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Date: 07/26/14 07:32
> Subject: [Vision2020] Stephen Hawking's Blunder on Black Holes Shows
> Danger of Listening to Scientists
>
>    Courtesy of the New Yorker at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/Hawkings-Black-Holes
>
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>  Stephen Hawking's Blunder on Black Holes Shows Danger of Listening to
> Scientists, Says Bachmann
> [image: image.jpeg]
>  WASHINGTON-Dr. Stephen Hawking's recent statement that the black holes
> he famously described do not actually exist underscores "the danger
> inherent in listening to scientists," Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota)
> said today.
> Rep. Bachmann unleashed a blistering attack on Dr. Hawking, who earlier
> referred to his mistake on black holes as his "biggest blunder."
>
>
>  "Actually, Dr. Hawking, our biggest blunder as a society was ever
> listening to people like you," said Rep. Bachmann. "If black holes don't
> exist, then other things you scientists have been trying to foist on us
> probably don't either, like climate change and evolution."
> Rep. Bachmann added that all the students who were forced to learn about
> black holes in college should now sue Dr. Hawking for a full refund.
> "Fortunately for me, I did not take any science classes in college," she
> said.
> Bachmann's anti-Hawking comments seemed to be gaining traction on Capitol
> Hill, as seen from the statement by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Chairman of
> the House Science Committee, who said, "Going forward, members of the House
> Science Committee will do our best to avoid listening to scientists."
>
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>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
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>
>  Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still.
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
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