wrybosome
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Scubasam: If you can't laugh at yourself, you're missing the joke
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Love is the law, love under will. (AL. I. 57)
It's about pseudoscience, or bad science. It means it cannot be proven or even falsified.
Yes, and it's about daily life and scuba diving as well. As divers, we often accept and pass on received wisdom without challenging it.
Is hand swimming inefficient?
Is in-water recompression ineffective?
Do reverse profiles produce more DCS?
Are split fins less efficient than blades?
Is wearing your mask on your forehead bad?
Does use of Nitrox make you feel better after the dive?
Is current OW training hazardous to your health?
If something can be proven, it is right; if it can be disproven, it is wrong. But some theories don't rise to these levels, because there are no facts either way and they cannot be verified because they make no testable predictions.
Claims that cannot be proven or disproven fail to meet science's most basic criterion, which is testability: They are "Not Even Wrong!".
I am kind of partial to MY signature line, but Knowone is the only Scubaboard poster who knows what it means.
Its about string theory right? I have the book on my bookshelf. Its waiting for me to stop studying what I am studying right now.