Comments on: Imagine a dark and stormy night, where the world is entirely unpredictable. http://www.thadguy.com/comic/imagine-a-dark-and-stormy-night-where-the-world-is-entirely-unpredictable/318/ Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jacob Wintersmith http://www.thadguy.com/comic/imagine-a-dark-and-stormy-night-where-the-world-is-entirely-unpredictable/318/comment-page-1/#comment-20910 Jacob Wintersmith Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:09:01 +0000 http://www.thadguy.com/comic/imagine-a-dark-and-stormy-night-where-the-world-is-entirely-unpredictable/318/#comment-20910 The Scientific Method is something that only exists in middle school textbooks and the minds of misguided philosophers. Real science is just applied epistemology, and the methods it employs are rather diverse. And I'm with Larry Laudan (and other Pragmatists) that figuring out what methods produce reliable knowledge is to a great extent an empirical enterprise. In effect, scientific methods are precisely those methods which have worked thus far. And we can discover new scientific/epistemic methods that work better than the old ones. The Scientific Method is something that only exists in middle school textbooks and the minds of misguided philosophers. Real science is just applied epistemology, and the methods it employs are rather diverse.

And I’m with Larry Laudan (and other Pragmatists) that figuring out what methods produce reliable knowledge is to a great extent an empirical enterprise. In effect, scientific methods are precisely those methods which have worked thus far. And we can discover new scientific/epistemic methods that work better than the old ones.

]]> By: thad http://www.thadguy.com/comic/imagine-a-dark-and-stormy-night-where-the-world-is-entirely-unpredictable/318/comment-page-1/#comment-13182 thad Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:38:21 +0000 http://www.thadguy.com/comic/imagine-a-dark-and-stormy-night-where-the-world-is-entirely-unpredictable/318/#comment-13182 I'm glad you like the bird. I thought he was a cool switch up. The bird is better drawn, but I kinda like the goate'ed dude. To be honest, I'm torn between the bird, goate'ed, and a little excited lizard (he hasn't appeared yet). I’m glad you like the bird. I thought he was a cool switch up.

The bird is better drawn, but I kinda like the goate’ed dude.

To be honest, I’m torn between the bird, goate’ed, and a little excited lizard (he hasn’t appeared yet).

]]> By: yinyang http://www.thadguy.com/comic/imagine-a-dark-and-stormy-night-where-the-world-is-entirely-unpredictable/318/comment-page-1/#comment-13180 yinyang Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:31:45 +0000 http://www.thadguy.com/comic/imagine-a-dark-and-stormy-night-where-the-world-is-entirely-unpredictable/318/#comment-13180 The scientific method as a zombie. Lol! By the way, though I like the bird (really, it's hilarious and random), where's the beard-man? The scientific method as a zombie. Lol!

By the way, though I like the bird (really, it’s hilarious and random), where’s the beard-man?

]]> By: Thad http://www.thadguy.com/comic/imagine-a-dark-and-stormy-night-where-the-world-is-entirely-unpredictable/318/comment-page-1/#comment-13174 Thad Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:17:03 +0000 http://www.thadguy.com/comic/imagine-a-dark-and-stormy-night-where-the-world-is-entirely-unpredictable/318/#comment-13174 Is the statement "The Scientific method works" falsifiable? Is the statement “The Scientific method works” falsifiable?

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