lukeprog comments on Rationality Quotes February 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lukeprog 02 February 2012 07:14:13PM 37 points [-]

Just because science doesn't know everything doesn't mean you can fill in the gaps with whatever fairy tale most appeals to you.

Dara O'Briain

Comment author: FiftyTwo 03 February 2012 12:01:34PM 27 points [-]

Science knows it doesn't know everything, otherwise it would stop.

Dara O'Briain

Comment author: Bill_McGrath 12 February 2012 12:21:55PM 4 points [-]

He also paraphrases what I've seen described as "the Minchin Principle" a few sentences later.

...and then we tested [herbal medicine] and the stuff that worked became... medicine. And he rest of it is just a nice bowl of soup and some potpurri.