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Found this article and enjoyed it. Thought others here might too.
https://io9.com/10-scientific-ideas-that-scientists-wish-you-would-stop-1591309822
Made me think of endless discussions on JF.
A sampling:
https://io9.com/10-scientific-ideas-that-scientists-wish-you-would-stop-1591309822
Made me think of endless discussions on JF.
A sampling:
Members of the general public (along with people with an ideological axe to grind) hear the word "theory" and equate it with "idea" or "supposition." We know better. Scientific theories are entire systems of testable ideas which are potentially refutable either by the evidence at hand or an experiment that somebody could perform. The best theories (in which I include special relativity, quantum mechanics, and evolution) have withstood a hundred years or more of challenges, either from people who want to prove themselves smarter than Einstein, or from people who don't like metaphysical challenges to their world view.