Sometimes one is tempted to despair that journalists will ever understand even the most basic principles of the philosophy of science. Then one reads a sentence like this one in a story on the Fox News web site:ÂÂ
“Global warming can no more be “proven” than the theory of continental drift, the theory of evolution or the concept that germs carry diseases.”
That little (very little) light you see in the distance is a glimmer of hope.ÂÂ
Full story here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289647,00.html