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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 407231" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Jena, medicine is a very inexact science. Perhaps more so than other branches of science - biological sciences are the most recent to develop and change, that is where most knowledge in science is breaking older rules. Trouble is, we put doctors on a pedestal higher than they deserve. So an utterance from on high (from the pedestal) is not always spoken with the authority with which we imbue it. We have more faith in doctors than we have in nuclear physicists; and yet nuclear physicists are more certain, despite the Uncertainty Principle!</p><p></p><p>We had a fascinating article in our Sydney paper over the weekend, on the difference between scientific scepticism and denial. It reminded me once more that good scientific debate is what drives progress in research, while insistence on only one viewpoint being permitted to be on the table, is what holds it back.</p><p></p><p>Long live the question mark! ?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 407231, member: 1991"] Jena, medicine is a very inexact science. Perhaps more so than other branches of science - biological sciences are the most recent to develop and change, that is where most knowledge in science is breaking older rules. Trouble is, we put doctors on a pedestal higher than they deserve. So an utterance from on high (from the pedestal) is not always spoken with the authority with which we imbue it. We have more faith in doctors than we have in nuclear physicists; and yet nuclear physicists are more certain, despite the Uncertainty Principle! We had a fascinating article in our Sydney paper over the weekend, on the difference between scientific scepticism and denial. It reminded me once more that good scientific debate is what drives progress in research, while insistence on only one viewpoint being permitted to be on the table, is what holds it back. Long live the question mark! ? Marg [/QUOTE]
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