re: #140 Nyet

Umm. Science is a method, first and foremost. It can be false but then self-correcting. That’s a bit of bad philosophizing on Tyson’s part. Though to be fair, it’s only something he said on a show as a soundbite, so the fault really lies with someone who made a quotable quote out of it.

I think the idea is that your personal belief system will not change the fact that water freezes at a certain temperature or that glaciers are melting in the arctic.

Religious or Political beliefs don’t change the facts of the natural world.