Years ago I saw a show expounding the "Rubber Band Theory" of (I think) sub-atomic particles and their relationships to each other. I really don't remember too much about it, other than thinking, "You guys sure are making very certain statements about stuff you really don't know too much about." The theory might be true for all I know, though I haven't heard anything else about it. I just find it interesting that the guys on TV never say something like, "Well, we noticed that the particles seemed to act kind of like rubber bands, so we think that things might be this way...." Instead they say, "Having observed this phenomenon, we now believe that things behave in this manner...." They neglect first to mention how big a group "we" is, and second neglect to mention just how accurate their observations might be, or what other possibilities might explain their observaions. This is nothing against the actual scientists doing the work, just the guys who get on TV and try to look like they are sure of what is going on. In that particular case, I found it humorous to hear someone expounding on the fact that everything is really held together by rubber bands (my interpretation, not his
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