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Buzz Aldrin hopes to ramp up space program

After SpaceX’s “loss of mission.” But are we missing something here? Aldrin, lunar module pilot for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission here: True, the ripple effects from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster going boom in the Florida skies are many. But the take-home message given the NASA-private sector bond is one of striving for reliability, Read More…

bornagain77 Jerry: "I would be interested what is the latest, not from an ID perspective but from an energy metabolism one."... – If two snowflakes are identical, does...
Origenes CR In #128 you are misquoting me. And you follow up with: Thank Zeus we’re not limited to whatever Origenes... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist “..trying to come up with an explanation of the underlying objective reality that explains what all of the sources say.”... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @KF Already addressed here: https://conjecturesandrefutations.com/2013/07/ Did you get those quotes from Dykes? – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist For example, when I get a non-technical report of some application, API or system providing a "wrong result", I ask... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus CR, kindly note the problems in the wider cite, not to mention my own in extenso cite from the preface... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus L&FP, 68: Cognitive Dissonance and fallacies of projection etc – L&FP, 68: Cognitive Dissonance and fallacies...
critical rationalist @Origenes Second, what counts is not whether any particular piece of information we get is flawed. Rather, what matters is... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Querius Upright BiPed @40, While Alan Fox has posted numerous critical comments on other topics, it looks like he's been hiding... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
Origenes CR It is not true that the fact that our senses are theory-laden implies that we are cut off from... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist KF's on Willard vs Popper. Other clips from Popper cannot even be rescued to that extent: Popper: “Precision and certainty... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
jerry I’m placing this argument here because it is relevant to the assertion that ID per se does not have a... – A review of Nicholas Spencer’s Magisteria:...
kairosfocus Origenes, solid question. I suspect, that in the ideas climate of 1962, with scientism dominant, Popper sounded very different from... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
jerry They had a discussion on CRT at a school board meeting in Temecula, California recently. A black professor presented the... – Darwin a slavery abolitionist? Aw, come...
critical rationalist @Origenes: More wack-a-mole? See #85 and #112. Bonus: The logic of experimental tests, particularly of Everettian quantum theory See 2.... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes CR @ Given that criticisms are mere unjustifiable conjectures and tests are not neutrally interpretable due to our untrustworthy senses... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist CR, it is clear that something is very wrong with the frame we are seeing from Popper et al. Only... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @Origenes How then do you establish the validity of a specific criticism or test? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=folTvNDL08A So, being proved wrong by... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus CR, it is clear that something is very wrong with the frame we are seeing from Popper et al. Only... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist This reflects the last 60 years of debates and has the major advantages of recognising ordinary people, rejecting selective or... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus PM1, yes, it is arguable that the original sense of justified included issues of objective warrant. But over the past... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...