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Science does not talk about right or wrong. It talks about things that are falsifiable. If there is an idea that so far has not been falsified, it becomes the
by tomohawk 6y ago
Science does not talk about right or wrong. It talks about things that are falsifiable.
If there is an idea that so far has not been falsified, it becomes the established scientific fact.
However, someone else may come up with a better idea. Do we prevent them from talking about it or collaborating with people? It may take some time and lots of communication and collaboration to get to the bottom of it. Years or even decades. Do we ban them from youtube in the interrim?
Youtube can do what they please, but what they are doing is against liberty, against science, and it is un-american.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 6y agoSo... the existence of God is "established scientific fact"? Because it hasn't exactly been falsified as far as I know.
- stonogo 6y agoThe parent post took some linguistic shortcuts, but I'll mention for completeness (and in case you're genuinely confused) that "the existence of God" is not a concept the scientific method can or should be applied to, because it is not possible to falsify that claim. A better phrasing of the sentence would be "If there is a falsifiable idea that so far has not been falsified, it may be considered established scientific fact." Scientific progress occurs not just by discovering new tenets, but by disproving incorrect ones, and nobody's come up with an objective test for the presence or absence of the Divine. Emotions flare because faith is a deeply personal issue, but from a lab protocol standpoint it's not a testable hypothesis, and thus not really worth arguing about.
- hobs 6y agoAre the things people uploading false? Then what's the problem. Are these people trying to collaborate to solve the problem or are you using people who might be doing that as cover for a giant set of disinformation campaigns that are actively killing people right now?