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throwaway894345 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Iceland declares ocean-current instability a natio...

Do you know the difference between a prophesy and an empirical observation? If you can’t distinguish between those basic things, why do you feel comfortable snarking so confidently?

BJones12 9 months ago [2 more]

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conception 9 months ago | [–]

Models based on observations that are adjusted as new observations come in. You know… science. Versus whatever you’re suggesting.

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