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The way I see it, science has nothing to do with trust (or faith). Or, if anything it is all about mistrust! When I trust a person, that means, even when I can
by dbtc 6y ago
The way I see it, science has nothing to do with trust (or faith). Or, if anything it is all about mistrust!
When I trust a person, that means, even when I cannot possibly know, I still believe that they are telling the truth.
I tell you the results of an experiment, you say, "ok, prove it," or "I'll see for myself." That's science. The rest is PR and politics.
The royal society's motto: "nullius in verba" = "take nobody's word for it"
but then, there are multiple meanings for "science", and I was only thinking of the method, not the institution or "scientific community", or even the body of knowledge that all get lumped together.