Re: Scientific Method

[Joseph Bellina <jbellina@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

I'd say that is Brooklyn speaking about the non-authoritarian nature of
science...but hardly says what sciene is.

cheers

On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Rick
Strickert wrote:

> Joseph Bellina wrote:
>
>                 Nobel Laureate or not, Feynman had little patience with
> philosophy and
>                 science issues, so I wouldn't quote him on issues of what
> science is, as
>                 opposed to what scientists do.
>
> Except maybe for this -
>
> "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts."  -  Richard P. Feynman
> ("What Is Science?", The Physics Teacher, September, 1969, pp.313-320,
> originally presented as an address at the 14th Annual Convention of the
> National Science Teachers Association in 1966).
>
> Rick Strickert
> Austin, TX
> rick_strickert@radian.com <mailto:Rick_Strickert@Radian.com>