What is science? The example of astronomy

To understand the meaning of unscientific, we need to look at how a serious science is conducted: it is always developing better methods to measure theory against reality.

In 1509 Copernicus developed the theory that the sun and not the Earth was the centre of the universe and that all the planets revolve around the sun in circles. Kepler improved on the theory, stating that circular orbits were special cases, and that most orbits were elliptical, and he also discovered the laws governing the motion of the planets.

On the basis of Kepler's work, Newton developed the theory of gravity. The methods of calculation and observation were continuously improved to check the congruence of theory and reality.

Apsidal precession Merkur

The elliptical orbits rotate and Newton's equations made it possible to calculate these rotations. But in the middle of the 19th century, Urbain Le Verrier discovered that the perihelion precession of Mercury was not 530 arcseconds per century, as calculated by Newton, but 43 arcseconds more.

It was imperative to find an explanation for this, as for a precise science like astronomy, a deviation of 43 arcseconds per century was an inacceptable discrepancy between theory and reality. An explanation was sought; it was conjectured that another planet might lie in Mercury's orbit. Astronomers tried to find it during each solar eclipse.

It was Einstein who ultimately found the explanation with his general theory of relativity. Newton's equations of motion were a borderline case of general relativity theory, applicable for small masses and velocities. But with increasing mass and velocity there are ever greater deviations bewteen Newton's and Einstein's calculations.

In the case of the double pulsars PSR J0737-3039 the difference bewteen Newton's and Einstein's equations is as much as 16.9 degrees per year.

43 arcseconds deviation and an explanation is determinedly sought. That is science. Meanwhile the discrepancy between the claims of economic scientists and reality is already 180 degrees.

Politics - political targets of PEGE
	Nonpolitical, pragmatic, on the other side of ideologies counts in our politic only one target: A long time lasting civilization able to develop further on a stable base.

Philosophy
	Long-term planning and stability have to be the guiding rules of politics. A philosophy based on the mathematic branch of games theory.

Living standard
	What is living standard? How is living standard correctly measured? Is it possible, that our living standard declines drastic, while uncorrect numbers want to make us belive it's like paradise?

Taxes tax politics
	The consequences of the tax politic for humans and environment. The politicians claim to fight for humans and the environment, but the tax politics shows the exact opposit.

Energy politic
	Decades of wrong energy politic. Instead of more living standard with less energy usage, partial the contrary was reached. A result of the wrong tax politic.

The hunt for the culprit has ended
	Since 1991 PEGE has been trying to lead humanity into the solar age, but has met with hard and completely irrational resistance. Who could be mad enough to be against paradise?

Cloud Cuckoo Land
	An ideal world where there is a precise correspondence between theory and reality. The world in which economc science functions perfectly.

Club of Rome - "The Limits to Growth" 1972
	The Dr. Hubbert peak oil theory of 1956 was shown to hold true for the USA in 1973, Club of Rome 1972, how was this incorporated in the economic sciences?

The oil crisis and the economic crisis of 2008
	The crisis occurred 35 years after economic scientists failed to include the increasing scarcity of raw materials and alternative strategies in their calculations.

Follow-up environmental costs
	The way economic scientists deal with follow-up costs for the environment. Trusting in a ''science'' that ignores the requirement of survival.

Easy-earned money - hard-earned money
	Most of the costs for transportation and building heat have to be paid with the hardest-earned money: imports can only be paid through foreign exchange assets from exports.