Excellent thread which culminates in an inescapable conclusion.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yes & no. Scientific method isn't appropriate for everything, though
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yes. But it's also not the only way to get to truth, either. For instance, the legal system is also, at its core, a truth-finding institution, but the scientific method has no application there at all
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Replying to @AkivaMCohen
Well, it does. It requires evidence to support a hypothesis beyond reasonable doubt.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
1) No experimentation (so very definitely not the scientific method) 2) "Beyond a reasonable doubt" is a criminal standard only; civil matters only require 50% plus an iota. If all you're saying is "truth claims require evidence," sure, I agree wholeheartedly ...
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Replying to @AkivaMCohen @HPluckrose
but that's very different from saying "truth claims require evidence obtained through replicable empirical experimentation"
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