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A hoax implies deliberate fraud. Many scientific theories turn out to be wrong, but are not hoaxes. Newtonian mechanics or the Bohr atom model, for example.
by tlb 17y ago
A hoax implies deliberate fraud. Many scientific theories turn out to be wrong, but are not hoaxes. Newtonian mechanics or the Bohr atom model, for example.
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- lutorm 17y agoThis was not the case of a theory being wrong. He's making the case that the device they show can not possibly have the characteristics the makers claim. And it's hard to say that's not deliberate. At a minimum grossly negligent. The experiments that lead to the development of Newtonian mechanics (the Copernican laws, for example) are still valid. It's just their interpretation that has changed.