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  • Predate rationalism? Modern rationalism and the scientific method came up in the 16th and 17th centuries, and was built on ancient foundations.

    Phlogiston theory was developed in the 17th century, and took about 100 years to gather the evidence to make it infeasible, after the discovery of oxygen.

    Luminiferous aether was disproved beginning in the late 19th century and the nail in the coffin happened by the early 20th, when Einstein’s theories really started taking off.

    Plate tectonics was entirely a 20th century theory, and became accepted in the second half of the 20th century, by people who might still be alive today.




  • Science is a process for learning knowledge, not a set of known facts (or theories/conjectures/hypotheses/etc.).

    Phlogiston theory was science. But ultimately it fell apart when the observations made it untenable.

    A belief in luminiferous aether was also science. It was disproved over time, and it took decades from the Michelson-Morley experiment to design robust enough studies and experiments to prove that the speed of light was the same regardless of Earth’s relative velocity.

    Plate tectonics wasn’t widely accepted until we had the tools to measure continental drift.

    So merely believing in something not provable doesn’t make something not science. No, science has a bunch of unknowns at any given time, and testing different ideas can be difficult to actually do.

    Hell, there are a lot of mathematical conjectures that are believed to be true but not proven. Might never be proven, either. But mathematics is still a rational, scientific discipline.


  • Got me a new Lemmy account, now that lemm.ee is shutting down. But I’m @exasperation@lemm.ee, back with a 5/3/1 question.

    As background, when I started this program 2 weeks ago my training maxes were set to:

    Bench: 180 lbs
    Squat: 335 lbs
    Deadlift: 385 lbs

    I’m going into my first 1+ week and I’m confident I’ll be able to bust past 5-8 reps on most of the 1+/95% sets this week, based on my 10-rep sets at 90% this past week.

    So I have to ask: what’s the protocol for joker sets? I know Wendler kinda hates them, but I’m still kinda convinced I might have selected too low of a training max.

    If I bang out 6-8 reps of my 95%, should I add 10% and attempt 1+ reps of 105%? What about 115%?

    Or am I just getting ahead of myself, and shouldn’t push those limits until I get comfortable with the program?