you really are hopeless, aren't you pad. how about this? in a perfect world, where humans are completely uninvolved in the process, your precious scientific method is infallible to a point. it can describe the known universe in all its glory and all mistakes will eventually be rectified. now i'm sure you know of a place just like that, don't you. the problem is that the entire point of the scientific method is to explain the universe to humans. so that perfect place seems rather pointless, now doesn't it.
There is a place where the "Scientific Method" is infallible and even non-existent. It's called the Universe. It confirms and analyzes itself without approach to a methodology.
It's a lost cause, I tried explaining this to Pad before and he was just as irrational then as now. He seems to think that the Scientific Method is some outside existing entity that controls and conveys Objective information unobscured by the process to the observer. Maybe if some of his trusted mentors would point out the fallacy of this held conception, it may filter through the system.
http://www.scientificmethod.com/bklet/i_13.htm
How do Scientists Use the Scientific Method - Some of the Procedural Principles and Theories
Experimentation - Testing and experimentation, whether on a blackboard or computer, or in the lab, are usually essential activities in the use of The Scientific Method. Government standards must be observed in experiments involving people, animals, and the environment.
Replicable - Results must be reproducible, communicable, and communicated.
A Skeptical Attitude - A Skeptical Attitude toward authoritative statements is required in seeking the truth. Data used in your thinking must be
"true" insofar as it is possible to determine
"truth." It may be useful to determine key terminology.
Values and Ethics - As much as humanly possible, a researcher should strive to be free of prejudice and bias that often creep into human judgment and action. They must give due credit to his team or collaborators. Ethical conduct is expected.
Infallibility -
No claims should be made that "The Scientific Method" produces infallible solutions. State rather: "On the evidence available today, the balance of probability favors the view that ..."
Gather All Evidence - If bias or inadequate effort causes you to ignore or fail to find contrary evidence, you will not arrive at the
"truth."
Mathematics - Qualitative and quantitative methods of mathematics should be used whenever possible.
Society - There is a growing interest in the concept that science is a social activity.
All Stages of The Scientific Method - Each has various procedural principles and theories peculiar to them. See Steps or Stages 1 to 11.
I know this still doesn't answer the question because its Not the Solutions that are produced by "The Scientific Method" that aren't susceptible to fallacy. Its the omnicompetent externalized coexisting "Scientific Method" that bestows us with information tainted by our susceptible minds that is infallible..
