by Rune Storetvedt | Nov 27, 2023 | Theory, theory1
An introduction Background Since the late 1960s the once ridiculed continental drift hypothesis of Alfred Wegener has been embraced by the geo scientific community at large. Under the guise of plate tectonics (PT) the long held view of stationary continents was...
by Rune Storetvedt | Nov 11, 2023 | Articles, front1, Self-published
During my years as a student at Bergen University (1957-1962) my view of science was a very simplistic one – basically stripped of all non-professional interference. I believed scientific theories were products of meticulous observation and careful experiment –...
by Rune Storetvedt | Oct 31, 2023 | Articles, NCGT, Ukategorisert
DISCUSSION “[A well-trained rationalist] will obey the mental image of his master, he will conform to the standards of argumentation he has learned, he will adhere to these standards no matter how great the confusion in which he finds himself, and he will be quite...
by Rune Storetvedt | Oct 31, 2023 | Articles, NCGT
“Nearly all scientific research leads nowhere” – Nobel Laureate Peter Medawar (1969, p. 31) The Ideal versus the Real When I was a student and, subsequently, a young researcher, I thought of science as the epitome of reason and rationality – removed from human error...
