[mountainlion]

The last rule of the scientific method is to go back and recheck/reevaluate everything, it is never finished. Science is not consensus of some people.

[alloysteel]

If fact were to be established by the consensus of the persons responding to a poll, the moon would very likely probably still be assumed to be composed of newly-made cheese. However, a little reality intruded, and the moon is, in fact, made up of various kinds of mostly silicate rocks, not a speck of cheese to be found on the entire satellite.

“Settled science” is an oxymoron, because, by its very nature, the answer is never final, but always subject to the discovery of new fact. This discovery, which may fundamentally alter the original hypothesis, requires the definition of a new hypothesis, and subsequent testing of that hypothesis.

[fhayek]

I think I have an open mind, but you are right, when has science ever been settled? New facts are always coming to light which contradict scientific dogma. What gets me is that 'man-made global warming' has such a weak foundation. It is based on a computer model that has proven to have a very low degree of predictive accuracy. So low, in fact, that the keepers of the model had to 1) fudge the data and 2) loose the raw data that would allow others to check the results. If this be settled science, then count me out.

[11th Commandment]

Except for EXXXXXXXX- not going there today :)