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You either believe in science or you don’t. A lot of scientific findings don’t make intuitive sense (like relativity). So we rely on the scientific methods to g
by pm90 5y ago
You either believe in science or you don’t. A lot of scientific findings don’t make intuitive sense (like relativity). So we rely on the scientific methods to guide us to the truth rather than our primitive ape minds.
Skepticism is part of the scientific method; but just saying “hmm it doesn’t feel right to me” isn’t really useful.
- glerk 5y agoThere is a difference between physics and economics/social “science”.
- civilized 5y ago> Skepticism is part of the scientific method; but just saying “hmm it doesn’t feel right to me” isn’t really useful. Have you ever been a scientist? Scientists react this way to published research all the time, especially in fields like psychology where epistemic and empirical methods are weak.
- pm90 5y agoThe OP did not claim to be a social scientist so I assume they are a layperson and not a trained scientist.
- kansface 5y agoJust the opposite - consider the replication crisis. Our a priori belief should be that any published paper in the social sciences is junk without extremely compelling evidence to the contrary. This is an evidenced based position! Or, let’s completely disregard the studies themselves and look at the fruits of their labors. Is eg education noticeably better now than it was a generation ago? Is our mental health better now than then, etc etc.