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This entire thread is replies is extremely disappointing. Obviously there are issues with credentialism but the widespread cynicism and rejection of the scienti
by etrautmann 1y ago
This entire thread is replies is extremely disappointing. Obviously there are issues with credentialism but the widespread cynicism and rejection of the scientific enterprise throws the baby out with the bathwater. The scientific method itself is about continuously identifying what’s wrong and iteratively improving our knowledge. That inherently involves making some wrong turns and mistakes and spending money on some things that don’t pan out, but I’m surprised to see so many voices here arguing for less science.
- sandspar 1y ago"I guess you want less science" is exactly the kind of thinking that people dislike. "Science" used to be a magic word. Then people realized that science is done by scientists who are, you know, human, and hence subject to the same biases as all other humans. There's no monolithic "Science". It's just a concept. It doesn't exist. There's only scientists, and over the last five years, many of those scientists burnt their reputations.