[metmom]

And who is Karl Popper? Is he some great biologist, who discovered some seminal concepts of biology that help to shape the study of biological science as we practice it today?

No, according to Wikipedia, he was a philosopher trained in psychology, who worked at an economics school. Why should some non-scientist's philosophical musings hold more weight than the observations of actual scientists?

Well, maybe it's part time to be handing out

PhD's

to scientists, you think?

If they want to divorce themselves from philosophy, then perhaps they need to give up those degrees they're so proud of and stop owning the label of doctor of philosophy.

[metmom]

*exasperated sigh*

part time = past time.

Try this again.....

Well, maybe it's past time to be handing out

PhD's

to scientists, you think?

If they want to divorce themselves from philosophy, then perhaps they need to give up those degrees they're so proud of and stop owning the label of doctor of philosophy.

[GourmetDan]

What I notice is the total avoidance of whether Popper’s ‘musings’ were right or wrong. Shouldn’t that be the true focus of a ‘scientist’?

Rather than worrying about whether these particular Sneetches have ‘stars on thars’? Perhaps it really is true that “you can’t teach a Sneetch”.