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> Are you being intentionally facetious? How could science defy "reasoning"? Science often defies reasoning. Think about the history of our understanding of gr
by spinlock 12y ago
> Are you being intentionally facetious? How could science defy "reasoning"?
Science often defies reasoning. Think about the history of our understanding of gravity. Newton was ridiculed when he proposed his model of gravity. And, Einstein was considered a quack for years until people understood what he was talking about.
- SnacksOnAPlane 12y agoThere's a crucial difference between defying common belief, which great scientific breakthroughs do, and defying reasoning, which they don't do. Reasoning is what shows that the old theory did not have the explanatory power of the new theory.