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I've recently been reading Stephen Law's new book - Believing Bullshit (do check out the Amazon link if only for the comedy review Stephen mentions on his blog).

I'm only about a quarter of the way in, and finding it enjoyable, but I thought I'd pick up on one bit of the text I'm not completely sure I agree with. It's about what makes a scientific theory that is well supported by evidence.

Flattery


"neat blog"
"Don't ever stop"
  - Rita

"you are totally ill informed"
"u r probably ignorant on most things"
"yr blog cant be worth reading"
  - @angelneptustar

"The really nice thing about your blog is it always stretches my brain and makes me feel I am still learning & on the up :)"
  - Alice

"More frightfully interesting stuff... Any self-respecting geek should be reading this."
  - Lenny

"I'm not always sure I totally get what you're on about, but I like reading your blogs anyway - mainly because I know it's stuff that needs to be said."
  - Hanny

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Edd works somewhere between astronomy and computing and has a general interest in science, skepticism and other related topics.

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