Dawkins bitch-slaps..

[Rum]

[John_fi_Skye]

He's such a populist.

[Rum]

Professor of the 'public understanding of science'?

[cronus]

Causal over-simplification...there could still be magic involved somewhere. Especially on voyages to the moon.

[Hermit]

Causal over-simplification...there could still be magic involved somewhere. Especially on voyages to the moon.

It works, ya loony. Have a shave. You can borrow this razor.

[John_fi_Skye]

Professor of the 'public understanding of science'?

Yes. I'm not denying it's an essential job for somebody to do, nor that he's very good at it. It's just not to my idiosyncratic taste.

[Tyrannical]

Was the scientific method applied when cars and planes were invented?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Was the scientific method applied when cars and planes were invented?

Yep, they tried things that didn't work, and eliminated them.

[Tyrannical]

Was the scientific method applied when cars and planes were invented?

Yep, they tried things that didn't work, and eliminated them.

That's not the scientific method though, that's trial and error.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Was the scientific method applied when cars and planes were invented?

Yep, they tried things that didn't work, and eliminated them.

That's not the scientific method though, that's trial and error.

Experimentation.

[cronus]

Was the scientific method applied when cars and planes were invented?

Yep, they tried things that didn't work, and eliminated them.

That's not the scientific method though, that's trial and error.

Experimentation.

He's mistaken engineering for science. Very different things. One requires a entire universe whilst the other will make do with a wheel.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

He's mistaken engineering for science. Very different things. One requires a entire universe whilst the other will make do with a wheel.

Hush. I was having fun.

[Hermit]

Was the scientific method applied when cars and planes were invented?

Yep, they tried things that didn't work, and eliminated them.

That's not the scientific method though, that's trial and error.

Experimentation.

He's mistaken engineering for science. Very different things. One requires a entire universe whilst the other will make do with a wheel.

The theory of gravity works beyond the realm of wheels. It may just have been utilised to get to the moon, for example. Science works in practical ways as well as "in theory".

[Gawdzilla Sama]

The theory of gravity works beyond the realm of wheels. It may just have been utilised to get to the moon, for example. Science works in practical ways as well as "in theory", bitches!.

[klr]

Professor of the 'public understanding of science'?

That's Marcus du Sautoy's gig now, and very good at it he is too. Although I don't think he goes in for any bitch-slapping ...