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"Science is not an exercise in accepting a scientist's say-so, dammit." May your words echo in the hallways of this forum!
by jschveibinz 2y ago
"Science is not an exercise in accepting a scientist's say-so, dammit."
May your words echo in the hallways of this forum!
- cryptonector 2y agoDon't hold your breath. HN is full of people with credentials, and people with credentials tend to push credentialism, and that means deferring to the experts on other fields so that others will defer to one in one's field of expertise. Mike Shapiro at Sun was fond of telling us that "we're not specialists -- we're generalists who can specialize as needed". I think that is a good attitude in general. It doesn't mean we get to weigh in on things we know nothing about, but it does mean we get to do critical thinking and that we can self-educate in order to form opinions when necessary.
- wkearney99 2y agoAnd sensibility to recognize when having (let alone voicing) an opinion isn't necessary.