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Science is a method, where free-flowing ideas are subject to the cut and thrust of debate and review. In general, where a set of ideas are protected, despite c
by Angostura 4y ago
Science is a method, where free-flowing ideas are subject to the cut and thrust of debate and review.
In general, where a set of ideas are protected, despite contrary, high-quality, evidence, this is the opposite of 'trusting the science'.
- codefreeordie 4y agoFew people who utter the phrase "trust the science" are scientists or care about science. In that phrase, "the science" refers to the enforced narrative.
- matthewdgreen 4y agoIt means “I would rather trust the results of a scientific process than trust politicians.”
- codefreeordie 4y agoThat's the thing, "the science" doesn't come from a scientific process, it comes from a political one.
- tsimionescu 4y agoThat is the ideal, sure. In practice though, science is whatever scientists do. And as seen here, sometimes scientists don't actually follow the scientific method, they fall trap to entrenched interests and other biases. The people that tell you "trust the science" are not usually suggesting you get a PhD and study this yourself. They are actually suggesting you trust the scientists - which may or may not be good advice based on the field (e.g. trusting physicists, climate scientists, virologists: good; trusting dieticians, Alzheimer's researchers: possibly bad).