tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494422632076780175.post6346258597538537267..comments2023-06-07T02:09:21.605-07:00Comments on Anything goes: Telling stories about the real worldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4494422632076780175.post-61383348682706538862015-05-01T07:40:37.186-07:002015-05-01T07:40:37.186-07:00Sorry I missed this first time around! I would ta...Sorry I missed this first time around! I would take a slightly milder position about paleontology, in that I don't think "science" needs to equal "experiment" (astronomers, among others, would probably agree!). And I guess that means I think history is, or could be, scientific too: we could make and test predictions ("if that's why Rome fell, then we should find elevated levels of lead in bones from late but early periods") and so on. Fun to think about!Stephen Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447261122370883924noreply@blogger.com