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Odin2005

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Wed Oct-07-09 10:43 PM
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10. Hey Roger, your Platonist bias is showing.

Edited on Wed Oct-07-09 10:44 PM by Odin2005

The theory is supposed to fit the data, not the other way around. If the data is "nonsensical" than what we view as "sensical" is wrong, not the data. Our intuitive notions of what is "sensical" are based on evolutionary pressures and cannot be expected to conform to what is actually true. That is why Aristotle thought heavy objects fall faster than lighter objects, our instinctive "folk physics" assumes air resistance.

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