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crashfrog

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Message 27 of 65 (194083)
03-24-2005 3:19 PM

Reply to: Message 25 by commike37
03-24-2005 2:50 PM

I've stated several times before that I've never meant for this to be a scientific argument. It's just a simple comparison used to demonstrate the general (meaning not having a specific connection to Darwin or Mendel, though it applies to both) trustiworthiness of empirical evidence to determine truth and to explain our world.

If indeed this finding causes us to revise our models of inheritance, then isn't it still empirical evidence that has refined our ability to explain the world?

I mean it seems like you're making the point that the evidence is the only thing we can trust, not that we should give it less trust.

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Message 46 of 65 (194345)
03-25-2005 2:52 AM

Reply to: Message 38 by paisano
03-24-2005 5:27 PM

In actuality scientific ideas are usually developed incrementally by a cast of thousands, and the Big Names more often than not are individuals who were in the right place at the right time to make a major synthesis.

In Mendel's defense, his research was both groundbreaking and conducted largely solo. I'd say he's definately a Big Name, you know? And he deserves it, particularly since his contributions were unknown in his own lifetime.

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Message 52 of 65 (194424)
03-25-2005 11:24 AM

Reply to: Message 49 by paisano
03-25-2005 8:26 AM

In that I absolutely agree. We shouldn't take Mendel's ideas, or anyone else's, as dogma simply because he's a scientific household name.

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