Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Most of modern science is based on facts which are impossible to varify 
> without some seriously expensive equipment. The scientists doing this 
> work can easily verify that the established theories are correct, but 
> it's a valid question as to whether the fact that laypeople believe it 
> counts as science or just a belief system...

  OTOH science is more trustworthy than layman hearsay because experiments
are usually corroborated by many independent parties (who would have all
the motivation in the world to report that the experiment doesn't work).

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                                                          - Warp

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