In reference to Ian Nachreiner’s comment, “.. global warming, an unproven theory.” in Thursday’s article “Conservatism: The Ideology of Individual Responsibility” I would like to point out that nothing in science is ever proven. A scientific theory is a proposed hypothesis, falsifiable by observation or experiment, which has repeatedly withstood unbiased attempts at falsification. Science deals in a currency of probability, not absolutes. No scientific theory is ever proven. In your effort to further conservative ideologue by instilling uncertainty and skepticism in the minds of the scientifically illiterate, I invite you to call into question a lack of proof for the theory of general relativity. Do you not fall toward earth like the rest of us? Or make the statement, “There is no proof for the germ theory.” Now, you can claim AIDS was spontaneously generated to kill gay people. Or, a personal favorite of conservatives, question the theory of evolution. I suppose you were created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or was it Khali, or The Tiny Orbiting Teapot, or.which one was it, God? That’s it, God.
Craig Jacobson
biological sciences alumnus