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I agree it shouldn't be used blindly but that seems like the extreme. In fact the science side of things would say don't use anything blindly. Science isn't s
by m-watson 9y ago
I agree it shouldn't be used blindly but that seems like the extreme. In fact the science side of things would say don't use anything blindly. Science isn't some infallible entity it is a process that is supposed to be self correcting over periods of time. That includes falsehoods from human bias and input. It doesn't always work and it is a slow process but in science's essence it is supposed to be minimizing those errors.
But again, getting back to agreeing, scientific findings should not be used blindly, they should be used to inform. And as reproduction of findings occurs, the the topic that is being informed gets re-enforced or course corrected. It is very similar to policy, you have to try things. Some times the policy does what you want, other times it doesn't, and the process should continue and be correcting.
- emodendroket 9y agoOf course science can and should be used to inform government policy, but that's a bit removed from technocracy, which I think is what the OP means to describe.