dropzone
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I'm a skeptic and I've been wrong in all the degrees, from Archimedes to Einstein.
OTOH, I have also probably been right to a similar extent. The difference between scientists and fundamentalists is that weasel word, "probably." I'm not convinced absolutely about anything, including the most basic scientific principles. Probably? Sure. But as an engineer the most absolute I can come up with for the general audience is that the star we call The Sun will "rise" (given that the Earth's rotation will result in it appearing above the horizon) at about 6:30 AM tomorrow.
Okay, I'm too lazy to look up the absolute numbers. Anybody who ignores them can drown in the incoming tide that was potentially predicted 200 years ago, for all I care.
OTOH, I have also probably been right to a similar extent. The difference between scientists and fundamentalists is that weasel word, "probably." I'm not convinced absolutely about anything, including the most basic scientific principles. Probably? Sure. But as an engineer the most absolute I can come up with for the general audience is that the star we call The Sun will "rise" (given that the Earth's rotation will result in it appearing above the horizon) at about 6:30 AM tomorrow.
Okay, I'm too lazy to look up the absolute numbers. Anybody who ignores them can drown in the incoming tide that was potentially predicted 200 years ago, for all I care.