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> If you have legitimate evidence That’s a tremendously high bar. Who defines what constitutes “legitimate” evidence? Anyone can disagree on what that means an
by latexr 1y ago
> If you have legitimate evidence
That’s a tremendously high bar. Who defines what constitutes “legitimate” evidence? Anyone can disagree on what that means and you’re back to square one.
Look up “The Final Experiment” and its aftermath. Despite convincing the flat earthers who participated, the ones who observed it via livestream dug their heels in further.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Experiment_(expedition) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Experiment_(expediti...
- saagarjha 1y agoI mean to some extent if you doubt the results of your experiments you’re not going to get anywhere, because you can never prove a model. At some point the simpler model is the one that wins out and some very small number of observations that go against it can be accounted by sampling error or hoaxes or whatever. Where you draw that line is up to you of course but generally the scientific community does fairly well on extremely well-supported theories.
- pjc50 1y ago> generally the scientific community does fairly well on extremely well-supported theories. Then you step outside of the scientific community into the flamethrower of public opinion, and suddenly you have to deal with people who think it's a good idea to give their kids measles.