Someone else responded to me by questioning the assertion that science is a one-way ratchet, always getting better, never getting worse.
It seems likely to me that I’m the person you’re referring to. If so, I don’t endorse your summary. More generally, I’m not sure either of us understood the other one clearly enough in that exchange to merit confident statements on either of our parts about what was actually said, short of literal quotes .
It seems likely to me that I’m the person you’re referring to. If so, I don’t endorse your summary. More generally, I’m not sure either of us understood the other one clearly enough in that exchange to merit confident statements on either of our parts about what was actually said, short of literal quotes .