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Ah, there's the problem. The scientific method is great, but it doesn't apply itself. It's scientists that are the problem. Scientists are only human. Let's
by MrPatan 6y ago
Ah, there's the problem. The scientific method is great, but it doesn't apply itself. It's scientists that are the problem. Scientists are only human.
Let's do an experiment. Or better, let's do a Gedankenexperiment so we sound more like experts:
Look around your (virtual) workplace. See that well-spoken idiot who you know is wrong about everything, but who somehow gets the attention and the money to run whatever projects they want? That's the expert.
You are not the expert, even though you know more stuff, because nobody asks you. And when you insisted they were wrong, they got rid of you.
The same thing happens everywhere, in academia, science, government, medicine... everywhere. We are only human.
But not to worry! It's all right. Thanks to the scientific method science actually advances, even if it's one funeral at a time. Just be careful who you trust.
- thelean12 6y agoYour anti-science vibe is terrifying. Be very careful about how you word stuff like this, even if at the end of the day it's just healthy skepticism. It's the same vibe that gives power to conspiracy theories.
- rhesa 6y agoTheir comment didn't sound anti-science to me at all. They're critical of academia and how that functions. SMBC had a comic on this recently that illustrates the difference, the issues, and possible improvements: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/science-fictions https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/science-fictions
- MrPatan 6y agoI'm very pro science. But science is very hard to do properly, and even when done it's very hard to find it. Pop science articles you read online, written by journalists? At best just clickbait. (I read them too. Only human...) Unfortunately there is no substitute to thinking for yourself. The best way to start is with the question "does it work?". If the question doesn't make sense no need to carry on, we're off science altogether.
- vangelis 6y agoTell that to tobacco and sugar alarmists. They didn't trust the science and look how that turned out.