Science As Self-Correcting

Science as self-correcting is a precept that merits a closer, critical examination. In trivial cases, yes, sure;  the strict Hypothesis-Test formalism is internally self-correcting, in theory. had a long run – a full half century, a good couple generations, plus – as a productive but controversial area of scientific inquiry, and the fundamental unacceptibility of …

Validating Scientology

alidating Scientology is the unintended outcome of entertainment projects designed to hold the beliefs of the church up to ridicule. The church can indeed be legitimately criticized and effectively marginalized, by exposing it as a more-or-less criminalized cult. But trying to take them down because their beliefs seem silly, ludicrous or outlandish, is unlikely to …