I have no confusion of what facts are but I don't really feel like haggling over it. — Jeremiah
However, I would like to point out that facts are not the only contribution science makes. — Jeremiah
I am a student of statistics, a science that does deal out facts. — Jeremiah
Facts are a result of science, but more importantly science is a method. — Jeremiah
I did not confuse facts and truth in the OP, and if you check there was a mistype in the post you just quoted; you were just faster on the reply then my ninja edit. Furthermore science is not a method that "optimally derives facts", it is a method for exploring the reality we find ourselves in. — Jeremiah
Namely, if science is a method at arriving at 'truths' (as you seem to assert), — Posty McPostface
Things like philosophy and religion those are the tools to bridge that gap, science is there merely to inform. — Jeremiah
That is not true, — Jeremiah
That doesn't mean that 'fit' automatically gains the status of objectivity, it's still too open to opinion at the finer scales, but it's something like objective. — Pseudonym
No longer can we claim that the power of agreement amongst our epistemic peers confers a truth-like value to what we think and at the same time dismiss as nonsense an idea sincerely held by a minority of them. — Pseudonym
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