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> When science becomes an unquestionable religion, lies by its priest end up causing great harms. Is that a joke? The entire point of science is that it is co
by autoexec 3y ago
> When science becomes an unquestionable religion, lies by its priest end up causing great harms.
Is that a joke? The entire point of science is that it is constantly questioned and our old understanding is revised or even replaced when new evidence is discovered. Even in this case, her "science" was not "unquestionable" it was literally questioned and found to be incorrect triggering a scramble to fix everything, which is kind of the whole premise of the article.
- 2024throwaway 3y agoIt's either a troll, or a nutjob. Calling a clerk who faked results a "priest of science" is amazingly insane.
- klyrs 3y ago> Is that a joke? Anti-science propaganda has a purpose in today's political environment. It isn't a joke, and it isn't a troll. It's deadly serious.
- autoexec 3y agoYou could be right, but there are enough legitimate issues with how science is done today that it seems strange to pick such a plainly absurd take as the propaganda to spread around. Plus it would make the comparison to religion even more bizarre since I imagine the anti-science crowd includes a lot of people who have zero problems with dogmatism and even an unfortunately high tolerance for misbehaving priests.
- klyrs 3y ago> ... make the comparison to religion even more bizarre ... Oh, I disagree. I've met quite a few religious folk who will attempt to convert an atheist's distrust of religion into a distrust of science by drawing parallels between science and religion. After all, there is no internal conflict when a religious person attacks a religion that is not their own.