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> Laymen might think that's a bad thing. But it's not... it's exactly how science is supposed to work. The problem is, people need to be told an absolute, but s
by patrick451 4y ago
> Laymen might think that's a bad thing. But it's not... it's exactly how science is supposed to work. The problem is, people need to be told an absolute, but science can't do that for the most part.
Scientists have my full support to stumble around in the dark and figure things out. But it's not the laymen who desperately need certainty. It's the scientists themselves when they deign to make policy demands based these half-baked theories de jour.
- TheOtherHobbes 4y agoBut better than politicians who make policy demands that flagrantly ignore solid evidence because they're being paid to. Truth is a probability and not a binary, but politics is still a casino pretending to be a church.
- patrick451 4y agoNo, it is never the scientists job to talk about policy. At all. Ever. Once they do that, they have no credibility, and become no different from the politician.