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It is quite sad that even in Hacker News are people lacking basic knowledge on how science works.
by zouhair 3y ago
It is quite sad that even in Hacker News are people lacking basic knowledge on how science works.
- inversetelecine 3y agoIt's hard, because sometimes I'm told "The science is settled" then other times I'm told it's always changing.
- zouhair 3y ago"Settled" does not mean it cannot be tweaked by new information. It is best explained by Isaac Asimov in his small essay "The Relativity of Wrong"[0]. [0]: https://hermiene.net/essays-trans/relativity_of_wrong.html https://hermiene.net/essays-trans/relativity_of_wrong.html
- whatscooking 3y agoOh we know how it works. Science was bought out by Big industry a long time ago and is as much of a religion as Christianity
- zouhair 3y agoI don't think this forum is suited to your kind of short sighted opinions. Life is more complicated than your black and white world view.
- whatscooking 3y agoExcept it’s not. Because that’s exactly what happened with sugar. Why are studies funded by Big Food 10x more likely to say sugar is ok? Coincidence, right? Science isn’t as objective as you think.