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This has been one of one of the tragedies of the Covid pandemic, the way “defense of science” has identified science to the public as the institutions currently
by code_biologist 4y ago
This has been one of one of the tragedies of the Covid pandemic, the way “defense of science” has identified science to the public as the institutions currently involved in science and then browbeaten anyone that doesn’t agree with their pronouncements. Science is not an institution, but a process and method of knowledge production that no institution holds monopoly on.
- SV_BubbleTime 4y agoSlight offshoot. Fear was made into a virtue. Really think about that. The fear wasn’t rational for an extreme majority of people, but it was required - and that’s true for different reasons depending who you ask. So, of course it was an immediate appeal to authority. You were a good person to be afraid, what an easy excuse that you didn’t need to question or understand anything that because “The Science” had spoken. So I agree with you, but I think the reason it all happened was something other than a normal appeal to authority.