Group: humanities.philosophy.objectivism
From: "Robert J. Kolker"
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: Global Warmers and Scientologists

TC wrote:
>
>
> Do you refuse medical care because medical science is
> not as precise as particle physics?

Medical technique is a heuristic, not a science. It is an art and a
pragma. The goodness of a treatment is established empirically. We do
not have good empirical evidence for our climate models.

If medicine were as wretched as so called client science, I would
frequent a shaman rather than a doctor.

Bob Kolker

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