(May 4, 2015 at 5:44 am)robvalue Wrote: Hmm. That could be cleared up pretty quickly with "So which experiment in particular?"
Try that with God, and see if you get the same level of detail.
"Well you can't see him, or hear him, or touch him, he's not part of time, not part of space... he's not physical..."
"I don't give a fuck what you can't do to him and what he isn't! Tell me where his balls are so I can kick them!"
"Oh, except I do see him and hear him. In personal experiences, you wouldn't understand."
"Sign me up."
The process of manufacturing bioassays, let alone interpreting the data obtained via this method, is just as esoteric as the process of interpreting religious-mystical-ecstatic experiences. A brilliant analysis of the scientific process and how scientific facts are constructed is contained in Latour-Woolgar's Laboratory Life. Highly recommended reading, the example of uncertainty relating to bioassay validity may be found in that book.