Paradoxically, this fails to 'defer' to e.g. Popper and Feynman. It includes some bad philosophy of science, and correspondingly bad advice.
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Insufficiently falsificationist for you, I take it
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Well, yes, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. (Also 'falsificationist' is a somewhat misleading term for Popper's philosophy.)
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See e.g. Popper's "Knowledge Without Authority", which is online somewhere.
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Why? What's wrong with respecting expert opinion? This doesn't say "blindly follow", "never ask questions".
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Short answer: the more specialized an opinion is, the more of a "long shot " it is. Longer answer here: http://www.jeremybowman.com/wordpress/?p=1984 …
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I don't pledge. I just root out the truth as far as I can and Champion it against all comers.
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I wonder what u.s. politics would be like if all thier politicians were to take this pledge.

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I it as well, and hope everyone does so at http://ProTruthPledge.org to fight
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Why pledge to support what everyone is presumed to favor? Oh, because the pledge is to filter claims through officially approved arbiters.
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Nice work Steve! Welcome to the family!
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The greatest value of this pledge is that it requires change
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