Judith on 1/7/2020 at 06:44
Maybe some more info on lowentz's background or education would reveal a bit more about his approach? It seems to me that he just reads wikipedia or philosophy books in his leisure time and he's not really concerned with any interpretation canon or anything beyond his own musings on the topic.
Also, IIRC, the major thing Hume tried to investigate was whether there is a way to establish a logically infallible connection between cause and effect. He worked most of his life on this, but in the end he had to admit that, in all honesty, he isn't able to prove it.
faetal on 1/7/2020 at 09:24
This is primarily why Popper's falsifiability forms some of the basis for scientific method. The primary aim of most scientific investigation is to disprove a null hypothesis.
If I want to look at e.g. whether or not compound A less to reduced expression of protein X, I won't be trying to do that per se, I'll be making the null hypothesis "Compound A has no effect on levels of protein X", then use appropriate statistical tests on experimental data to see if the null hypothesis can be rejected.
bob_doe_nz on 9/7/2020 at 08:23
What the fuck Melbourne.
demagogue on 9/7/2020 at 09:45
It doesn't pay to make predictions.
SD on 9/7/2020 at 19:43
I must say, I'm getting rather impatient waiting for this second wave we're supposed to be getting in the UK.
We were supposed to get a second spike because of the VE Day celebrations, then we were supposed to get a second spike because of the bank holiday. When lockdown rules were relaxed in the middle of a glorious spell of weather, we were supposed to get a second spike from everyone who went to the beach, then we were supposed to get a second spike from all the Liverpool fans congregating to celebrate winning the league. Last week the pubs reopened, and that was supposed to herald a second spike. However coronavirus cases continue to drop - as, indeed, they have been since before we even went into lockdown.
Where are you, second spike?! :mad:
faetal on 9/7/2020 at 20:05
Takes time. Lockdown reduced number of overall cases, incubation time is up to 2 weeks. When you hit a critical number of people out and active with the virus, we should see a sharp uptick in cases and deaths again.
Most of the chatter I'm hearing from scientist friends are that a second wave proper is likely to hit around autumn.
Nicker on 10/7/2020 at 03:36
And remember, there is a large reservoir of asymptomatic carriers out there. Just because people aren't dropping in the streets right now doesn't mean it's not getting around. Mostly younger people at those gatherings and they are the ones more likely to show no symptoms.
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Lots of dressing and very little actual meal
I have heard it described as the pizza-cutter method, all edge with no point.
heywood on 10/7/2020 at 17:22
My impression of the problem is a little different. There seems to be a large number of people who just don't see the trolley or the people on the track.
I *still* keep hearing some people spread the media hoax argument. They say that it's no worse than the flu. And the death counts are bogus because nobody dies from COVID-19, it's just a contributing factor to deaths from other diseases or health issues. And no more people are dying now than in a normal year.
Although those views are definitely in the minority now, there's a large percentage of people, probably a majority, saying anyone who is vulnerable can stay safe by just isolating themselves, and healthy people have nothing to fear. So we can just isolate a relatively small population of vulnerable individuals until there's a vaccine or herd immunity, and the rest of us can just go about our lives normally.
There's also a lot of people saying masks aren't effective, and people who wear one are just virtue signaling or making a political statement.
And here is the kind of support we get from some of our government:
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https://www.facebook.com/RepVitale/posts/3042895512455145)
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https://www.facebook.com/RepVitale/photos/a.459723430772379/3031087723635924)
nickie on 11/7/2020 at 08:30
Every time I hear people saying any of those things, heywood, my blood pressure rises.
Apart from the Scilly Isles, my county had the lowest number of cases (58) and deaths (7) in the UK. The council worked very quickly to introduce measures and close things like holiday homes, caravan parks and universities. Today Wales is open to tourists again. I think I'll be wearing 2 masks if I go out which I probably won't. Maybe next year.
