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Re: Mechanisms are Needed to Explain Cohen's Data

To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: Mechanisms are Needed to Explain Cohen's Data
From: mark.hogue@SRS.GOV
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 12:44:23 -0500
Reply-To: mark.hogue@SRS.GOV
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Kai Kaletsch <info@eic.nu> wrote:

The point is that the mechanism is all-important. Every observation
must have an explanation, whether the observation is on an individual level
or an aggregate level. If you are not looking for a mechanism, you are not
doing science!
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By this standard, Isaac Newton did not "do science" when he described and calculated the effects of gravity. However, he could have postulated angels (a hot topic on Radsafe) pulling masses together by flapping their wings, and been a better scientist by this measure.

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