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Hindsight is great. However the real question, is what could you have done in that time to attain a better epistemic position than the scientific consensus, and
by alexandros 16y ago
Hindsight is great. However the real question, is what could you have done in that time to attain a better epistemic position than the scientific consensus, and if you apply that algorithm today, what will it give you as responses.
In other words, if trusting scientists is a historically unreliable method, what's your less unreliable alternative?
- josefresco 16y agoOh I don't know ...questioning their conclusions? Participating in a healthy debate? The impression (which may be wrong) was that Simon was advocating trust just because a scientist may hold a degree or may have joined with other scientists in agreement.