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These are not science problems, these are human problems and the breadth of human endeavor is crippled by them. What is unique about science is that it acknowle
by wussboy 4y ago
These are not science problems, these are human problems and the breadth of human endeavor is crippled by them. What is unique about science is that it acknowledges these problems and has mechanisms to address them.
- derbOac 4y agoI agree these are human problems, but in my experience science doesn't always acknowledge them; sometimes they're even worse because of a false mask of objectivity. In theory there should be mechanisms, yes, but in practice it's often very different.
- wussboy 4y agoFor sure. The easiest person to fool is yourself. But again I think the primary thing science has going for it is that it at least acknowledges that humans have these problems. I’m not aware of any other field of human endeavour that does the same.
- karaterobot 4y agoWell, that's the problem. There is no "science" as a separate entity from the humans who practice it. So, science can't acknowledge these problems and fix them, only people can. For that reason, I don't think it's useful to distinguish the abstract concept of Science from the actual human activity of science in this case.