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I don't know how objective science is, because we bring all of our biases to the table when we interpret data. A young earth creationist, an old earth creation
by OrvalWintermute 5y ago
I don't know how objective science is, because we bring all of our biases to the table when we interpret data. A young earth creationist, an old earth creationist, a fanatical darwin evolutionist, and an ardent panspermia UFOlogist are all going to view the same data very different, even if they have identical educational credentials. The holes in evidence for each don't matter, because they are the persuaded.
If we think about truth bending to subjective reality, I am sure certain that some of the churchmen & scientists opposing Galileo's embrace of Copernican heliocentrism were completely certain geocentrism was the truth because their own astronomical observations were subject to slavish obedience to doctrine. This doctrine in their heads influenced their own observations. Narrative overwhelmed the senses.
It is the mad among us that have the rare ability to completely discount all external input and see a thing for what it truely is. And, that is why we call them crazy.
- tremon 5y agoI don't know how objective science is, because we bring all of our biases to the table when we interpret data You are conflating "science" and "scientist" here. The way science overcomes bias is two-fold: 1) by training scientists to be aware of their own biases, and 2) by having multiple scientists, each with their own biases, try to reproduce the same experimental results. Your artificial example is just that, they all fail 1).