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Science is about testable, falsifiable hypotheses. It's important to question what we think we know, and how we know it. "Argument from authority" isn't scient
by Twisol 6y ago
Science is about testable, falsifiable hypotheses. It's important to question what we think we know, and how we know it.
"Argument from authority" isn't scientific. We can simultaneously believe (a) that well-respected researchers from a well-respected institution are capable of carrying out well-grounded research and (b) that research is in principle understandable with sufficient interrogation. Authority supports (a) but does not render (b) unnecessary.
- zebrafish 6y agoI think his point, though not well made, is that it’s likely parent is not the first to ask this question and that the researchers have likely already thought about that.
- Twisol 6y agoYeah, both this and the original question are good points. I wonder what the paper itself has to say. The early bits are pretty readable so far [0], but I doubt it calls the original question out quite as succinctly as it was asked. Lots to mull over though! [0] https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ast.2019.2149 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ast.2019.2149