The section before it talks about a man's search for such a planet. But it also makes me curious. Is it not possible to say something could exist and when we find evidence that may not actually be it, craft it to fit anyway? The same concept applies with fortune telling as if the prediction is "He'll be tall" well that's very general and could fit many tall people. And finding a giant planet hovering just out of eye shot is also very general, there could be trillions of them. And who knows if we're doing this with hypotheses.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
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Bryson CQC
Bryson writes: "I am very pleased to tell you that until the late 1970's scientists didn't know the answers to these questions either. They just didn't talk about it very audibly.)"
This makes me wonder if scientists do the same thing today that when something very important is unknown it stays hushed until a possible answer is found. And when old information is proven false does it mean that because that old information that worked is replaced with the newest finding make things more accurate or is it just the same goal with many paths?
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