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I hate it when publications label scientific discoveries "impossible". It makes scientists look like idiots. OBVIOUSLY scientists understand that if something
by sdfghswe 3y ago
I hate it when publications label scientific discoveries "impossible". It makes scientists look like idiots.
OBVIOUSLY scientists understand that if something has been experimentally verified then it's by definition not impossible and the theory has to be improved. But I wonder if the general public understands that scientists understand that. Or if they imagine scientists going "Sir, an animal big as a house with a tail on his face? Impossible!"
- taejavu 3y ago…that’s why it’s in quotes.
- sdfghswe 3y agoWhy use quotes with ambiguous words when you can just use unambiguous words? Small vocabulary or what? If you use impossible in quotes to mean something that's NOT impossible but surprising or unexpected, why not just say that?
- hluska 3y agoThe writer you’re insulting likely made around $0.20 a word. What’s the point? Does this make you feel better about your superior vocabulary?
- giantrobot 3y ago> But I wonder if the general public understands that scientists understand that. No, the general public does not. The scientific literacy of the general public is abysmal. There's entire political movements predicated on a lack of understanding of the term "scientific theory".
- sdfghswe 3y ago> There's entire political movements predicated on a lack of understanding of the term "scientific theory". Really? Is it like a specific party or something?