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Questioning long established science is anything but heresy. It is an essential part of it. Whoever taught you that that heresy nonsense should be kept far away

Questioning long established science is anything but heresy. It is an essential part of it. Whoever taught you that that heresy nonsense should be kept far away from science. No offense.

SlowBro 9y ago
To wit: “that is the essence of science is it not?” My “heresy” exaggeration was directed toward those who might become emotionally charged at the suggestion that Hutton misinterpreted the evidence :-)
- arethuza 9y ago
  But that implies you were trying to provoke an "emotionally charged" response, which is generally slightly frowned on here on HN.
  - SlowBro 9y ago
    Nope. Trying to prevent such.
coliveira 9y ago
There is a difference between questioning from a point of view of contributing new information and questioning for the simple pleasure of disagreement. The first position is necessary for the development of science, the second is a hindrance.
SideburnsOfDoom 9y ago
When the "long established science" is evolutionary biology, and to a lesser extent the geology of the age of the Earth, some of the questioning is not done in a sincere scientific spirit and it is not a good use of time to always treat it as if it is.
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woodandsteel 9y ago
>Questioning long established science is anything but heresy By "questioning" do you mean claiming you are certain that established beliefs are wrong? In that case, you should first very carefully study the reasoning behind those beliefs. Or do you mean saying "that seems to me wrong, but this is something I have not studied, so explain the reasoning to me"