The Most Obvious Scientific Discoveries of 2009 23
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Most Obvious Scientific Discoveries of 2009 (Score:2, Interesting)
"See the most obvious scientific discoveries of 2009, actually backed up by scientific studies. These include such no-brainers as 'Men are much more interested in casual sex than women.'"
Like the notion that whatever goes up, must come down. Or that the Earth is the center of the universe. Doesn't it just suck when scientists question common knowledge? Why are they wasting their time? Sounds like we need to light our torches and get our persecutin' hats on!
Even if the experiments only prove (or lend evidence toward) what we already believe, so what! But what if the experiments prove otherwise? As a society we have nothing to lose and a lot to gain from these types of experiments. Mercury's orbit is much better explained after factoring in Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, but it's still not entirely accurate to what it should be. For everything we know, there's a whole lot we don't know. And some of what we don't know is probably what we think we already know.
Let the scientists be scientists. And when they discover something new, or change the way we thought about what was previously common knowledge, you can write another article about how in hindsight it was obvious.