tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post7321945275270205314..comments2024-01-04T11:40:48.827-06:00Comments on Dr Michael G Strauss: Scientific Theories and LawsMichael G Strausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580842374977938870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-3416338970996703912021-05-03T20:40:33.100-05:002021-05-03T20:40:33.100-05:00Christians by faith and experience know that TRUTH...Christians by faith and experience know that TRUTH is what the scriptures proclaim as to morals, ethics, virtue and instruction on living a life that honors our Creator. Science claims to be searching out truth and should be following I suggest the scriptural proscription for finding truth as to methods and commitment. Yet to my knowledge the field of medicine is the only field where a nearly universal oath of practice is required to be licensed.<br /><br />"The Hippocratic Oath is one of the oldest binding documents in history. Written in antiquity, its principles are held sacred by doctors to this day: treat the sick to the best of one's ability, preserve patient privacy, teach the secrets of medicine to the next generation, and so on. "The Oath of Hippocrates," holds the American Medical Association's Code of Medical Ethics (1996 edition), "has remained in Western civilization as an expression of ideal conduct for the physician." Today, most graduating medical-school students swear to some form of the oath, usually a modernized version. Indeed, oath-taking in recent decades has risen to near uniformity, with just 24 percent of U.S. medical schools administering the oath in 1928 to nearly 100 percent today."<br /><br />Should the panoply of scientific disciplines at the PhD. level be required to take a similar standard in your view? The American Scientific Affiliation is in my view the model for a Christian Scientist, though it would be legalistic to proscribe membership. Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219283160015859565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-78934355176588417512021-03-24T06:37:50.434-05:002021-03-24T06:37:50.434-05:00Great questions Keith. In order to show string the...Great questions Keith. In order to show string theory is correct, there would have to be some kind of experimental observation as far as I'm concerned. There are some scientists who say we should accept it as true because it is mathematically beautiful, but almost all scientists disagree and argue, like me, that science requires experimental verification.<br /><br />As far as climate change, I'm not an expert, but I think the data is clear that the climate is warming at a faster pace that usual and that there is a correlation with greenhouse gas emissions. I think that projections about the future probably have a larger uncertainty than some proponents advocate, but even conservative future predictions may create environmental problems. My opinion is that all fossil fuels are a limited resource and, for the next generations' sake, it is worth developing renewable clean energy resources. Michael G Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11580842374977938870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580378912972065231.post-82695381705862783992021-03-22T12:40:09.093-05:002021-03-22T12:40:09.093-05:00Good explanation of the method. How will string th...Good explanation of the method. How will string theory advance if as I have understood, there is no way yet devised to detect string "particles" nor devise an experiment to correlate models to observations. Is this correct?<br /><br />Just now the one of the most consequential scientific debates is over the theory of climate change/global warming. Consequential in the sense that if the theory is "existential" over the next fifty years for quality of life, food production, water supplies and economic development then the huge expenditures on green energy, totally revised forms of transportation, defense alternatives and transportation/logistics are justified. <br /><br />If however the theory is significantly inaccurate in its predictions then a more nuanced response could save billions of dollars and thousands of scientific and engineering manhours that could address other pressing issues. <br /><br />I remember being dazed in fluid mechanics and heat transfer by the governing equation, Navier-Stokes non-linear partial differential equation that could only be solved under special cases or approximately in the general case. Since then of course super computers and finite element procedures lend I expect solutions. But that entails boundary assumptions, etc. So how much confidence is placed on the modeling results of climate around the globe. This scientific process has trillions and perhaps existence in the balance. How does one perform actual experiments and compare results to models for a world size highly complex theory? <br />Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219283160015859565noreply@blogger.com