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Given everything we know about how research funding has been captured and shaky ethics in particular domains, skepticism is warranted, not disrespectful.
by nostrebored 4y ago
Given everything we know about how research funding has been captured and shaky ethics in particular domains, skepticism is warranted, not disrespectful.
- User23 4y agoAlso, “believe science” is the exact opposite of the scientific method.
- sonotathrowaway 4y ago“Hurl unfounded and baseless accusations of personal corruption” is not the scientific method either. Trying to pass off conspiracy theorist “disprove the negative” arguments as reasonable discourse is intellectually lazy, at best.
- User23 4y agoIs that an accusation of bad faith or just a non sequitur?
- stjohnswarts 4y agoThere is that minor issue that we don't have nearly the same experience and resources as the scientists who say what they say. Are you implying we all becom biologists and figure out the source of Alzheimer's ourselves? As some point you have to trust people and choose someone.
- mwt 4y agoI'm not asking for people to turn off skepticism or blindly trust researchers. It's not disrespectful to be skeptical. What is disrespectful is not bothering to read what people have to say before dismissing them as liars who are too vested in "the current research direction" and/or money for their perspectives to matter. It only takes reading a few comments to see that's not happening - for starters, people were skeptical of this group's work for a while now.