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> I cannot emphasize enough that the spirit of science is to question assumptions and rigorously prove hypothesis. But that's not what we're getting. Instead,

> I cannot emphasize enough that the spirit of science is to question assumptions and rigorously prove hypothesis. But that's not what we're getting. Instead, we're getting a large number of people who haven't spent ten minutes bothering to learn anything about the science posting obvious bullshit. How is anyone supposed to get actual science done if nearly all the "questioning" is repetitive worthless lies by people who have absolutely no interest in science at all and are simply screaming obvious lies at the top of their voices? A question I ask a lot of the vaccine deniers on my Facebook page is, "Can you give a quick explanation in your own words why COVID-19 is so good at getting past the human immune system?" No one has even tried to answer.

thinkingemote 5y ago
Not who you are replying to but... >How is anyone supposed to get actual science done... One would hope that scientists would not be diverted by questions by people they do not work with or know on Facebook and are able to get actual science done regardless of a minority thinks. I wonder if it's rational or a good thing to defend scientists by potentially restricting the ignorance of lay people in public places? I think many would say it's good to avoid Harm and protect lives. It's easy to be irrational to defend rationality. Edits. Oh, it could be that people are extending "follow the science" and seeing how others are not and thinking this as a kind of lack of faith. Perhaps the idea that actual scientists are being stopped doing science because of no faith in them by small numbers of the public is actually a religious thought. That actual science needs people to believe in it for it to work, and if an other doesn't believe it, they are anethema. That could have explain my feelings about the irrationality of this.

thinkingemote 5y ago

Not who you are replying to but... >How is anyone supposed to get actual science done... One would hope that scientists would not be diverted by questions by people they do not work with or know on Facebook and are able to get actual science done regardless of a minority thinks. I wonder if it's rational or a good thing to defend scientists by potentially restricting the ignorance of lay people in public places? I think many would say it's good to avoid Harm and protect lives. It's easy to be irrational to defend rationality. Edits. Oh, it could be that people are extending "follow the science" and seeing how others are not and thinking this as a kind of lack of faith. Perhaps the idea that actual scientists are being stopped doing science because of no faith in them by small numbers of the public is actually a religious thought. That actual science needs people to believe in it for it to work, and if an other doesn't believe it, they are anethema. That could have explain my feelings about the irrationality of this.