>Yep. But just like any practical scientist, Popperians ignore or
>explain away examples that contradict their favorite theory. And this
>is not meant to diss scientists: holding onto a theory in the face
>of "unruly" data is in fact a crucial characteristic of science
>(PKF's stuff on Galileo is great on this). Anybody who thinks that
>scientists digilently throw out an elegant theory just because some
>data contradicts it needs to put down the Popper and actually talk to
>some practicing scientists.
>
>Miles
Scientist systematically discard the untidy data that is in fact consistent with chaos theory.
They insist it is more scientific to fix reality in clear mechanical values that are supposed to function in a (recti)linear as opposed to a non-(recti)linear fashion.
Chris Burford