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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
Well, there you go Ariel, being rational!!!  |
Jim, a sprinkle of rationality always enlivens a discussion:-)
My mentor during my fellowship years always taught me to conduct an experiment aimed at destroying my theory. Only if it failed was I allowed to publish a paper.
Regretfully, we cannot have a model of an elephant wielding a trunk sword and use it in testing our beliefs. But at the very least we are obligated to ask rational questions and expect rational answers. That’s how inquiry is supposed to be conducted.