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I agree with that comment. Experts can be wrong, of course, but the null hypothesis is that their opinion is 'more correct' than that of a science journalist.
by discoinverno 1y ago
I agree with that comment. Experts can be wrong, of course, but the null hypothesis is that their opinion is 'more correct' than that of a science journalist.
As an aside, nobody really believed the earth was flat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_the_flat_Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_the_flat_Earth.
- rubitxxx4 1y ago> nobody really believed the earth was flat Your link only debates that during the Middle Ages people thought the earth was flat. Those living in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt believed we all lived on a flat disc or plane floating in the ocean.