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Science only gives us an idea of "What is?", it does not really help with the question of "What ought to be?". Proper science is value neutral.

• psychoslave 3y ago
  > Proper science is value neutral. Is that supposed to be a neutral scientific statement?
  • HKH2 3y ago
    Right. Science can't stand on its own. It can never be purely objective.
    • _0ffh 3y ago
      Any single player (scientist) cannot be purely objective. Which is exactly why diversity of thought is essential for science (the process) to work. Scientists with different points of view can then challenge each other on the basis of evidence. When you take viewpoint diversity away this process breaks down and you are left with mere ideology pretending at science.
  • _0ffh 3y ago
    I am not a positivist, so that statement is quite okay for me to make. I can judge a process that aspires to be scientific by how likely it is to result in an approximation of objective truth.