marc9000 writes:
The purpose of this thread is to show that some science, such as deep space speculation, age of the earth speculation, etc. have a much smaller "body of techniques" available to study them, than do current day applications of science, such as medical study, or any present day workings with present day materials.
You're making a distinction between "science" and "applications of science". If the applications work, that's an indication that the science is sound. If we can send a probe into (relatively) deep space and have it go where we expect it to go, that suggests that the deep space "speculation" is accurate.
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