Truth Aqua. Hence the currently used term, Medical Arts. Much of medicine is science, much is an art with trial and error being the daily practice. Diagnosis is largely an art as we have only primitive equipment.

Irrelevant Valerie. Taking some science classes is NOT the same as getting a real science degree. Medical Anthro is NOT a science. You need to GET a real science degree to understand science. As evidenced by your post about what I wrote. You DON’T understand science otherwise you wouldn’t have talked about opinion when opinion wasn’t part of my argument.

I crack myself up, Aquamarine! In this world, you really can’t take yourself seriously.

Cindy the 5 girls here make the place alive!! Laughing. We have also a garden and the small ones can run. Do well.

Prof. it was also a Straw-man. A scamologists go to tool when asked questions that if honestly answered would cause enough cognitive dissonance to explode their head.

Peace, I was stating an interesting fact I ran across vis-a-vis this situation we find ourselves in when viewed from a situation 2 years ago that killed MANY more people; yet not a mention at the time. ANY sane person would do a double take.

What are you blathering on about “fringe politics and conspiracy theories”? How is a pertinent FACT a conspiracy theory or politics? Please explain what you are going on about and how it pertains to the fact I wrote of about?

OSD, thank you, my friend. You crack me up. Without even trying. You just do 🙂

As someone once told me, if a practice is a “science” then it works every time, or very very nearly always. But if this practice, be it medicine, prayer, faith, religious rituals and practices, etc., work “sometimes” but not always or not very nearly always, then its not science, its an art form. Look, I have no idea; I’m just sharing what someone long ago told me.

Thank you.

Yes, Physics/Engineering indeed can get you a better sound system but would make a poor tool for understanding enjoyment.

If you did want to check out the intersection of science & music though Musicophilia by Dr. Oliver Sacks, https://www.daniellevitin.com/ works as well as the newish (started in 90’s) field of biomusicology might be interesting to you.

“A fact is something that can be objectively verified. What other tools would you propose that can establish facts as effectively?”

Outside of science + scientific processes, history & mathematics are also commonly used in academic circles to verify if something is factual. It is an opinion I share, but other academics think only science or science/maths-based methods should count and history is too subject to interpretation. It is definitely a hot topic of debate at conferences!

I’m curious as to what you think?

LMR, Being outnumbered with all the females in your house during lockdown, I feel for you. Your meditation idea sounds good! Good luck getting through the CV crisis, and to all of us here. Thank you, Mike for still putting up a site for us to come to to see what the Cof$ is up to on a daily basis. Stay safe!