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Right. The whole purpose of science is for others to repeat the experiment and verify it’s result. Never trust a scientist! “Scientists” these days are really m
by _lazlo 5y ago
Right. The whole purpose of science is for others to repeat the experiment and verify it’s result. Never trust a scientist! “Scientists” these days are really more modern day priests.
- lovemenot 5y agoI cannot tell whether your comment is sincere or facetious. And its first word is unwarranted as your comment does not actually follow on from its parent. I didn't read the paper on which this article is based. But I understand it's not so much about why to distrust scientists, as it is about the benefit of employing critical thinking to scientific results. My earlier comment wasn't about the experiment per se. Rather, the way the article was written.
- _lazlo 5y agoIt was sincere. The scientific method is based on not trusting a scientist. Record your result, explain the experiment so others can repeat it. Why? Because you shouldn’t trust what someone says. The scientific process is the collective work of all those experiments and results. Trust the collective body of work produced by people. Not what someone says because they are a scientist. Scientists were given the ring of power in political culture because it seemed the natural move and they would be the most cautious with its corrupting nature. Sadly much of science now is not real science and people are trusting them as once did priests. In my opinion.
- datavirtue 5y agoI don't know about "priests." I have recently seen crowds of rock dumb idiots gathered outside of scientists' homes threatening their life and their family's lives. I don't think priests ever had to worry about the rock dumb laiety showing up with pitch forks.
- angelzen 5y agoI am more than happy to trust a scientist that clearly explains his work and thought process. I am wary of scientists that only have conclusions and hide behind jargon and "it's too complicated to explain to rubes, they'll never understand" elitism.