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None of that is relevant to the fact that they are treated like science priests by their audiences.
by beaconstudios 6y ago
None of that is relevant to the fact that they are treated like science priests by their audiences.
- robotresearcher 6y agoThey are science priests. As such, people value the remarkably reliable information they get from them.
- beaconstudios 6y agoAs such, people immediately trust the information they get from them, whether it's reliable or not. Science is a process, not an end - treating current theory as the final truth (to the extent that science priests even relay current theory rather than just provide fun accessible notions for entertainment purposes) is a fool's errand. How many people have learned about Shannon's information theory from their deep understanding of Hawking radiation, thanks to Hawking appearing on Big Bang Theory? There's a huge divide between actually having any understanding of science and science-worship, and science-worship actively detracts from understanding science.