The bottom line is that scientific theories are often wrong and most of science is junk science, including the theory of evolution and global warming. I take anything science says with a grain of salt because science does not have a very good track record of being correct.
I'm curious, how is that you've managed to post on this internet forum in 2006 from your sod hut in medieval England?
The scientific method has corrected many misconceptions that were handed down from the artisan who made the first shellbead necklace 100,000 years ago. That dolt thought the sun went across the sky, possibly carried by birds that were also on fire, during the day and somehow, possibly through a tunnel in some kind of boat, was carried back to its starting point just in time for the next day.
Sorry, most of science is not junk science. Go down to your local library and try some of the technical journals.
As far as the "grain of salt," in the definitions I posted above, I included a definition of proof. I am repeating it below as you may have overlooked it:
Proof: Except for math and geometry, there is little that is actually proved. Even well-established scientific theories can't be conclusively proved, because--at least in principle--a counter-example might be discovered. Scientific theories are always accepted provisionally, and are regarded as reliable only because they are supported (not proved) by the verifiable facts they purport to explain and by the predictions which they successfully make. All scientific theories are subject to revision (or even rejection) if new data are discovered which necessitates this.
"I take anything science says with a grain of salt because science does not have a very good track record of being correct."
I just love the irony of someone using a computer (a device completely created through science) complaining that science is rarely correct.
Good post, Jimi.
Dumbest post of the year award.
Global warming is not junk science. It is a fact. What is at issue is the WHY. I believe the world is warming because of the natural cycle of the sun - not because of man's activity. But to say the climate is not getting warmer is like an ostrich sticking his head in the sand.
The ice sheet at the North Pole has been growing thinner over the past 20 years. That is a fact. The REASON it is growing thinner is what is open to debate.