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> I know most individuals are happy to offer help and their perspective out of natural good will. Mostly individuals are trustworthy. Scientiesta are individua

> I know most individuals are happy to offer help and their perspective out of natural good will. Mostly individuals are trustworthy. Scientiesta are individuals too. Most scientists I know personally are quite trustworthy people with good will and intent. Sure the academic system has some flaws, I myself left it because of the stress of hunting for grants. But the alternative is what are purely anectode based approach leads to: religion. What's the bible if not a collection of anectodes?

feralimal 6y ago
The bible is a bunch of stories that people believe in. They listen to the priest, read it for themselves. It has value at an allegorical level though. Believers believe it has the truth. Science has its articles of faith. They pay lipservice to the scientific method and truth. In reality it is executing mathematics or some defined process. It might find the truth in that process, but this is a siloed truth. It is not true to say it is arriving or will ever arrive at the greater truth, if it does not align with corporate or governmental interests. You yourself may testify to this, given that you say you were hunting for grants. Did you feel that this was about discovery and understanding the world or something else?