Re: Evidence for "Big Bang Theory"
Robert Roosen (roosen@crash.cts.com)
Wed, 26 Apr 1995 19:50:27 GMT
Carl J Lydick (carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU) wrote:
: A scientific theory is evaluated on how closely it matches observations, not
: the other way around.
Carl,
Go to the library and look up Trophim Lysenko. The success of a
theory depends in part on its political popularity, as an entire
generation of Russian geneticists learned to their dismay.
Lysenkoism used to be a commonly used term in science--before it
became a standard technique of the "political" scientists who are
presently setting most public funding policies.
Robert
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