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Ysanoire t1_iueljki wrote

Reply to comment by Creepscape in My grandfather warned people that the Titanic would sink by Forged04

I went on a date with a guy who said 90% of science is bullshit. He followed it up with saying moon landing was impossible. At the same time he claimed he was an engineer.

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willthesane t1_iuf0tf9 wrote

I can believe 90 percent 9f scientific theories are false. But they are shown to be false or incomplete and we make a better theory.

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E_B_Jamisen t1_iufxe42 wrote

Yep. Like the Bohr model of the atom. It wasn’t right, but it helped us move towards better understanding.

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willthesane t1_iugntn8 wrote

Yep, it was useful. Being right isn't as important as being useful.

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