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In the comment section of this post, I had occasion to return to one of my favourite memes. Sometimes I forget my own findings. So let me remind us — on a rainy day in May — that mathematics is no use in propping up the conceit of certain knowledge and settled science:
A commenter concludes in this instructive post about increasing evidence against claims of global warming:
So, contrary to what the alarmists keep shouting, the science is NOT “settled”.
To which I replied:
There is no such thing as “settled science”. Science is all about not being settled, being open to challenge and revision. He who appeals to “settled science” betrays that he does not understand how science works. Calling challengers “deniers” is a sure sign that the proponent is not aware of the fundamental methodological requirements of science.
Another commenter took up my denial of settled science with these words:
“There is no such thing as “settled science”.There is however “settled science” mathematical proof that most of the algebra used in climate “science” is indisputably wrong.
My response: