tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post8623637022891118385..comments2024-01-09T00:39:13.955+00:00Comments on Oh what NOW!: Sierra club v the truth.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-71097294272230395262015-10-10T18:40:52.675+01:002015-10-10T18:40:52.675+01:00The Sierra Club was founded by John Muir. He also...The Sierra Club was founded by John Muir. He also inspired the John Muir Trust, who are trying to stop the Scottish landscape being destroyed by wind farms. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-44156133212847065552015-10-09T23:11:23.333+01:002015-10-09T23:11:23.333+01:00Mair is an epidemiological spatial analyst. Wrote...Mair is an epidemiological spatial analyst. Wrote a paper called Using Spatial Analysis to connect Voting Rights to Environmental Outcomes and works for Bureau of Chronic Disease Evaluation and Research, GIS, NY.<br /><br />All goes to show that Spatial Analysts shouldn't try and outsmart lawyers!DizzyRingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851990368962898867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-1295730676374288232015-10-09T21:54:00.058+01:002015-10-09T21:54:00.058+01:00It was an embarrassingly abysmal performance by Ma...It was an embarrassingly abysmal performance by Mair.<br /><br />Perhaps he was angling for the sympathy vote?Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-11892480579155882132015-10-09T21:53:50.422+01:002015-10-09T21:53:50.422+01:00As you say, science is never settled- it only give...As you say, science is never settled- it only gives us a better approximation of reality. Karl Popper reckoned that all good science should be falsifiable. I don't ascribe to that view although I do believe that the only truths in this world are achieved by mathematics and logic. Ultimately, maths/logic can only reveal a limited amount of knowledge. For the rest we have to rely on the empirical scientific method. Imperfect though it may be it has stood us in good stead. Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.com