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> Why are you afraid of non-scientific ideas? I’m not sure where you got the idea that people are afraid of non-scientific ideas–I see them discussed all over
by toofy 7y ago
> Why are you afraid of non-scientific ideas?
I’m not sure where you got the idea that people are afraid of non-scientific ideas–I see them discussed all over online everyday by thousands and thousands of people. No one is afraid of them, we just don’t consider them to be science. There should always remain a sharp dividing line between non-scientific/scientific and for good reason.
- sbussard 7y ago> There should always remain a sharp dividing line between non-scientific/scientific and for good reason. That is a patronizing statement. If science can't defend itself then we're more screwed than we thought. Truth exists outside of Science (to state otherwise would not be a scientific statement, thus a contradiction). That leaves room for crack pot theories to potentially have truth in them. To bar them or dismiss them based off personal bias is crime against healthy intellectual discourse. Who is imposing irrational beliefs on whom? That is where the sharp dividing line should be drawn.