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NosyNed
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Message 1 of 20 (95032)
03-26-2004 9:10 PM


It seems that a number of posters are going on trying to attack current physical theories in cosmology. They think that only they as outsiders are going to do this because, like the religous minded, the scientists 'on the inside' don't want to throw out sacred cows.
from: Page Not Found | Science Mission Directorate
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Sooner or later, the reign of Einstein, like the reign of Newton before him, will come to an end. An upheaval in the world of physics that will overthrow our notions of basic reality is inevitable, most scientists believe, and currently a horse race is underway between a handful of theories competing to be the successor to the throne.
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A new concept for an experiment to test the predictions of Einstein's relativity more precisely than ever before is being developed by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Their mission, which effectively uses our solar system as a giant laboratory, would help narrow the field of vying theories and bring us one step closer to the next revolution in physics.

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NosyNed
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Message 14 of 20 (102144)
04-23-2004 7:52 AM
Reply to: Message 13 by Adminnemooseus
04-23-2004 5:03 AM


Topic Title
You're right, of course,
Now what to pick? The topic is, like most, heading off on it's own course. My original intention was to point out how our understanding moves at the fuzzy edges of knowledge and show how our understanding is not cast in concrete.
Here are some suggestions:
Science At The Leading Edge
New Areas of Exploration in Science
Ezamples of Scientific Controversy
How Science Corrects Our Understanding
Do any of those seem to catch anyone as suitable?

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NosyNed
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Message 16 of 20 (102174)
04-23-2004 12:10 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by jar
04-23-2004 10:06 AM


Re: How Science Corrects Our Understanding
You have a point. But I think it depends on whether we take science as the body of knowledge or the process.
I think as a process it corrects our understanding.
As for discovering something NEW, no. It is already there. But the process of uncovering it and working out the HOW changes our understanding.
I didn't sleep enough last night. I'm not sure I'm making sense.
Help! Let's have some of the very clear thinkers come up with a title. (Sylas, Mark, Crash, Bill, Eta, .... almost everyone else )

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NosyNed
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Message 19 of 20 (102184)
04-23-2004 12:58 PM
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04-23-2004 12:38 PM


Re: How Science Corrects Our Understanding
It makes a lot of sense. It just doesn't tell me what the darn title should be.

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