Saturday, September 14, 2024

Spotty

The history of theorizing within both the hard and social sciences could be considered to be spotty at best. That is because in general we humans really don't know what is going on but we like to think we do. So we will look back and see a mixed track record full of failures and keep adjusting only to be proven wrong again.

Now that I know this I adjust my thinking and add a big grain of salt to the latest big discovery announcement.

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