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To me this article seems to miss the point. Obviously science can't provide objective answers to subjective matters. The problem we have in society right now
by wolrah 5y ago
To me this article seems to miss the point. Obviously science can't provide objective answers to subjective matters.
The problem we have in society right now regarding science, as I see it, is that we have a significant group of people who disagree about the objective parts.
The people who think the world is flat, the people who think the world's age is measured in thousands of years, the people who think all the world's top climate scientists are part of a massive conspiracy, the people who think COVID is a massive conspiracy, etc.
Our science problem as a society is that those people are mainstream. They're politicians, they're pundits, they're your next door neighbor, and they're all objectively wrong but they use the appearance of science to intentionally spread lies.
- randcraw 5y agoAlas, the people most willing to draw bold conclusions from science also put the least effort into being scientific. Ted Cruz is a good example. He argues that he's a scientist not because he has done science, but because his parents have done science. Thus, he's a "legacy" scientist, and because they emanate from him, his arguments must be scientific. The man isn't this stupid. But in endorsing such nonsense, his supporters are willing to be. "We don't need no stinkin facts!" How can reason hope to overcome willful illogic of this magnitude?
- mensetmanusman 5y agoFlat earthers are mainstream? Man, I am out of touch.
- rjbwork 5y agoThey kind of were for a bit, but like many other conspiracy theories, it all got rolled up into QAnon in the past few years. And that is definitely mainstream.