Originally posted by Hortlund
Nor should a consensus among the scientific community be taken as an indication that the premise is incorrect...which seems to be what you are implying.
And there was no scientific method back in the "earth is flat"-days. So I suppose you and lasz must long for those days. Burn the heretics eh?
The consensus is that you are incorrect about what I was implying
. Perhaps I should have said that consensus doesn't mean that the subject in question is correct or incorrect, only that a group agrees that it is correct. You made a judgment on me based on inaccurate data. Then, you compound your error with your following statement.
In point of fact, I view "nature" as a chaotic system and find it arrogant in the extreme that people can look at a system so large and complex and then tell me they can predict what will happen with it 100 years in the future. Heck, they can't even accurately forecast what will happen tomorrow.
As for Lazs and I longing for "those days", it would appear that you are the one longing for the dark ages to return. The view that you support would have us headed back to the horse and buggy days. I'm quite sure you could find employment shoveling meadow muffins, you've gotten enough experience here.