Logic leaves 'The Science' of climate in the dust

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  • Author(s): By:Chris Uhlmann
  • Source:
    Australian, The: Web Edition Articles (Australia), May 31, 2024 Commentary, 6pp
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    • Abstract:
      It is the gag order of the pseudo eco-scholar: "The Science is settled." This is not science as we once understood it. In that discipline something could be proved false through observation and experiment. No, this is "The Science": science as deity. In the 20th century Karl Popper transformed the philosophy of science around the idea of falsifiability, saying: "It must be possible for an empirical scientific system to be refuted by experience." The first rule in Popper's The Logic of Scientific Discovery is: "The game of science is, in principle, without end...