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I started writing a similar comment at this, but then figured that the situation is not so black-and-white. Some activists are using disingenuous practices to
by smokel 3y ago
I started writing a similar comment at this, but then figured that the situation is not so black-and-white. Some activists are using disingenuous practices to undermine science. Undermining science by itself might be a noble cause in some areas, but please just use the legal or political systems to accomplish that. Do not attack individuals directly.
- jimbokun 3y agoWhat would be an example of nobly undermining science? Do you mean undermining poorly done science with better science?
- AlbertCory 3y agoMaybe they mean "calling scientific method a form of racism?" Just a thought.
- bilbo0s 3y agoI think they mean demanding the elimination of peer review. There is a movement afoot to eliminate the practice because if it is done the way intended, the bar is too high. The bar probably is too high, but that's not necessarily a problem. Rather that's the point. I agree, that particular movement does have at its root an assault on science.
- jimbokun 3y agoShould go on peer review, and demand replication of results before accepting a paper's findings, in an ideal world.
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- smokel 3y agoI could imagine some people not liking research into several kinds of weapons, artificial intelligence, or research that requires animal testing.