RE: Banned TED Talk: The Science Delusion - Rupert Sheldrake
May 19, 2018 at 6:11 pm
(This post was last modified: May 19, 2018 at 7:29 pm by vulcanlogician.)
Yeah, as others have said, he staw mans quite a bit. I would like to hear the opinion of Polymath or Anom about his claims concerning the fluctuations of constants. That was really the only thing that piqued my interest. If the gravitational constant fluctuated, wouldn't that create observable anomalies in planetary motions? IDK.
Science is far from perfect. Errors do occur. Publication bias is a thing. False theories (such as ether) are sometimes generated because of scientist's assumptions. But science eventually corrects its errors.
Science is all about proof. If this guy thinks that rodents can commune psychically from different continents, he should prove it. If he can't prove it, then he should admit that it's unproven, and accept that that's why it isn't taken seriously by scientists.
Science is far from perfect. Errors do occur. Publication bias is a thing. False theories (such as ether) are sometimes generated because of scientist's assumptions. But science eventually corrects its errors.
Science is all about proof. If this guy thinks that rodents can commune psychically from different continents, he should prove it. If he can't prove it, then he should admit that it's unproven, and accept that that's why it isn't taken seriously by scientists.
