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I have a tough time believing the word "confirmed" when the scientists behind the study use the words "likely triggered".
by bluedevil2k 14y ago
I have a tough time believing the word "confirmed" when the scientists behind the study use the words "likely triggered".
- gejjaxxita 14y agoNo good scientist will ever say "definitely". In any case, you're right not to "believe" science, it's more a case of "beyond reasonable doubt".
- bodegajed 14y agoAs a programmer who have to replicate bugs everyday just to tag something as confirmed, I have high respect for the word. Scientists do not, apparently.
- nollidge 14y agoThe scientists didn't use that word, the journalist did.
- incision 14y ago>As a programmer who have to replicate bugs everyday just to tag something as confirmed, I have high respect for the word. Scientists do not, apparently. If only scientists had the option to check all their theories by spinning up snapshots of Cretaceous–Paleogene Earth in a test universe. Unfortunately, they have to make due with an fractional set of undocumented logs in form of geology.