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Science can't answer questions like: "Is it OK to curb freedoms and force medical procedures in order to save a million people?" "Trust the science" people ei
by brandonmenc 5y ago
Science can't answer questions like:
"Is it OK to curb freedoms and force medical procedures in order to save a million people?"
"Trust the science" people either think we all agree on those questions or they believe that their positions are the correct ones.
Also, "trust the science" used to mean things like "electroshock your abnormally behaving child." It's hard to fault people for a lack of trust.
- hnaccount141 5y agoThis is critical. Public policy cannot and should not be based purely on science. Science can give us hints as to how me might be able to optimize for certain things, but it can't tell us what things to optimize for. That's a question of values.
- brandonmenc 5y agoUnfortunately, the enforced values are being dictated by technocrats who subscribe to scientism and utilitarianism and value "safety" above everything else.