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Banned TED Talk: The Science Delusion - Rupert Sheldrake
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RE: Banned TED Talk: The Science Delusion - Rupert Sheldrake
(June 16, 2018 at 9:26 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: I had hoped for other things for this thread.  Perhaps a discussion of the role of dogma in science ala Thomas Kuhn's scientific revolutions.  I take it from some quarters, Kuhn's central thesis is regarded as at best an inaccurate simplification, but I think the question of whether there is such a thing as scientific dogma and what that means may be an interesting one, even if Sheldrake himself is out to lunch.

Most scientists prefer Popper to Kuhn:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demarcatio...ifiability
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RE: Banned TED Talk: The Science Delusion - Rupert Sheldrake - by Jehanne - June 16, 2018 at 9:56 am

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