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> lso, afaik, Bruce Alexander had a hypothesis about drug addiction, designed an experiment to prove his hypothesis. Performed the experiment, measured the resu
by gfodor 12y ago
> lso, afaik, Bruce Alexander had a hypothesis about drug addiction, designed an experiment to prove his hypothesis. Performed the experiment, measured the results and found that they confirmed his hypothesis.
Uh, what? This is the definition of science.
> Extraordinary claims requires extraordinary proofs. That mice wouldn't become addicted to morphine is most certainly an extraordinary claim.
So says you. Also, extraordinary claims require the same proof as any other claim, that oft cited quote makes no sense. Labeling something 'extraordinary' inherently shows that you have a bias, not the person questioning the claim.
- firethief 12y agoAn extraordinary claim is a claim with a low prior probability. Observation of various approaches to drug policy and the associated levels of drug addiction don't seem consistent with the Rat Park hypothesis being an extraordinary claim.