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Wasn't science supposed to be a set of tools for avoiding lying to yourself about reality, on individual level and as a community? What's missing from the tool
by scotty79 2y ago
Wasn't science supposed to be a set of tools for avoiding lying to yourself about reality, on individual level and as a community?
What's missing from the toolbox?
- mettamage 2y agoScience still works if the newly found knowledge can somehow be transformed into technology. Technology is perhaps the strongest form of reproducibility there is. This is true for even social science as it will make its way into novel marketing approaches that clearly generate more revenue
- scotty79 2y agoSame could be said about pre-scientific ideas. It's a bit of a copout to judge science by such a low bar.
- o11c 2y agoI'm not sure "pre-scientific" is a meaningful distinction. Maybe "pre-scientific-method"? Certainly one major problem is: although we live after the scientific method was developed, things can still be done without actually following its principles.
- lazide 2y agoThe Scientific method exists because of fraud, confusion, and other issues. Like any set of tools, it has to be actually applied. There is a long and storied history of scientific advances and discoveries being fraudulent, because there are many incentives for fraud - or just plain delusion. Delulu is the solulu has always been tempting. There is nothing missing from the toolbox here. It just has to be applied.
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoFunding, probably.
- vacuity 2y agoIn a few words, human nature wasn't built for rational thought all the time.
- scotty79 2y agoAll of human progress is basically a struggle against common sense.
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