“Almost everyone... seems to be quite sure that the differences between the methodologies of history and of the natural sciences are vast. For, we are assured, it is well known that in the natural sciences we start from observation and proceed by induction to theory. And is it not obvious that in history we proceed very differently? Yes, I agree that we proceed very differently. But we do so in the natural sciences as well.” WellsSeemsScienceNaturalDifferencesKnownTheoryEvidenceAgreeObviousObservationWell KnownAssuredMethodologyNatural Science Book:The Myth of the Framework: In Defence of Science and Rationality Source: The Myth of the Framework: In Defence of Science and Rationality
“All qualified physicists, biologists, cosmologists and geologists agree, on the basis of massive, mutually corroborating evidence, that the earth's age is at least four billion years.” YearsAgeEarthFourEvidenceBasesAgreeBillionsMassivePhysicistQualifiedBiologistGeologist Author:Richard Dawkins
“Although no explanation can be expected to be satisfactory, it remains a possibility among others that Mendel was deceived by some assistant who knew too well what was expected. This possibility is supported by independent evidence that the data of most, if not all, of the experiments have been falsified so as to agree closely with Mendel's expectations.” IfsWellsHas BeensPossibilityExpectationsEvidenceIndependentAgreeRemainsExpectedExperimentsDataExplanationDeceivedAssistantsMendel Author:Ronald Fisher