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Old 02-03-2011, 12:05 PM  
alf6300
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Originally Posted by PR_Glen View Post
your faith in the accuracy of a science that is based on a best guess mentality is just as crazy and believable as the 10 commandments were derived from a burning bush...
What's your definition of a "science based on a best guess mentality"?

If by that you want to mean a science that employs "statistical models", then yes: I quite believe that statistical models are useful indeed - without them you would not have the computer on which you are typing your message, nor your air conditioning.

You would probably not even want to take a life-saving drung, because clinical trials are also based on statistical models ("best guesses" as you call them, and it's a decent wording and not an insult at all for any science. Best guesses in science are what make you now live 80 years instead of 35 just a little time ago).
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