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The scientists are upset because the documentaries do not comport with the “scientific consensus” on the subject matter. There is no “consensus” in the scienti
by willmadden 3y ago
The scientists are upset because the documentaries do not comport with the “scientific consensus” on the subject matter.
There is no “consensus” in the scientific method. I’m going to assume all of the above is propaganda!
- kettleballroll 3y ago> There is no “consensus” in the scientific method. But there is consensus on how to use the scientific method, and sometimes the evidence accumulated with that method mostly agree with a specific part of the hypothesis space, in which case the consensus is to call that part the consensus
- willmadden 3y agoTwo words that make your assessment problematic: grant money. 1. Ask a question 2. Do research 3. Construct a hypothesis 4. Test the hypothesis with experimentation 5. Analyze data and draw conclusions 6. Communicate the results That is how science should be done. Here is how science is often done: 1. Assess what questions will attract grant money 2. Do research about those topics 3. Construct a hypothesis that supports the approved narrative 4. Test the hypothesis 5. Analyze data selectively and draw conclusions that support the narrative 6. Communicate the results 7. Apply for more grant money
- jncfhnb 3y agoIt’s step 2. If you don’t follow basic research and knowledge that largely undermines your hypothesis, you are likely to create an experiment that fails to account for the understood confounding factor that your hypothesis ignores.
- nailer 3y ago> If you don’t follow basic research and knowledge that largely undermines your hypothesis That's not consensus though, that's existing prior results, eg things that actually happened.
- nailer 3y agoI’m not sure why someone pointing out the very basics of science is being downvoted on hacker news.