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Most of what you call "the bleeding edge" I would probably call "not yet science." It's totally fine that coming up with a plan to falsify some of these theori
by guscost 12y ago
Most of what you call "the bleeding edge" I would probably call "not yet science."
It's totally fine that coming up with a plan to falsify some of these theories is beyond our current capabilities. I don't expect that, and I don't think it's necessary before we can discuss interesting ideas. But the second someone gives up on falsifying their theory and starts evangelizing, it ceases to be science. That should not be in dispute.
- kijin 12y agoFair enough. We might disagree about the exact boundaries of "science" (I tend to think of it more as a spectrum than as a matter of black-and-white boundary), but I totally agree with you that scientists, in general, should try to falsify instead of evangelizing. Not even trying to falsify would be gross negligence.