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Why? Just a feeling? Like most things the truth probably lies somewhere in the "middle."
by monkmartinez 10y ago
Why? Just a feeling? Like most things the truth probably lies somewhere in the "middle."
- cpncrunch 10y agoThe same reason I think that the Globe and Mail or CTV is more reliable than some random ranting blog site.
- woodchuck64 10y agoIn very few things the truth lies somewhere in the "middle". You either have rigorous treatment of evidence combined with methodological design to reduce or eliminate human bias, i.e. sciences, or you have what someone believes based on uncontrolled emotional bias.
- monkmartinez 10y agoOk... according to woodchuck64, We live in the land of PURE unbiased science! There are ZERO reasons to lean on or massage data one way or another. Funding just comes in, no matter the conclusions.
- woodchuck64 10y ago> Ok... according to woodchuck64, We live in the land of PURE unbiased science! There are ZERO reasons to lean on or massage data one way or another. Funding just comes in, no matter the conclusions. I didn't say we live in a land of pure unbiased science. However, you can be certain that those insisting that science is biased are basing their conclusions on vastly more biased sources of information than science itself. In one thread, we have a climate science denier who obviously gets moral and emotional comfort from a right-wing political point of view; in another, a creationist who gets moral and emotional comfort from Conservative Christianity. They don't seem to realize that to criticize science effectively, you can only approach from a position with less human bias than practiced science, not more.