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There's a super strange trend I've been seeing, since COVID, where science is no longer allowed to be wrong. Even though the very discipline is about making hyp
by nemothekid 4y ago
There's a super strange trend I've been seeing, since COVID, where science is no longer allowed to be wrong. Even though the very discipline is about making hypothesis and proving them wrong; I'm seeing a lot of arguments that kind of boil down to "Science is a liar sometimes"[1].
Do you have the same opinion on particle physics? Scientists have spent the better part of 80 years on an obviously wrong standard model - has that caused you to doubt Maxwell's equations or how the circuits in your computer works?
More seriously, "lack of skepticism" is bunk when the "skeptics" don't provide equal or greater research and reasoning. People have started to think of themselves as nobel laureates because they can say "no, I don't think so", and have 0 data to back them up.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Ak-SmyHHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Ak-SmyHHQ
- triyambakam 4y agoThis reminds me of weird it is to hear about the "scientific consensus" - it is such an oxymoron and meant to mean "anyone who disagrees is crazy"