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I hear you and I once cringed at a "believe in science" sign at a liberal protest. But science is about questions demanding proof and rigor, verification, repr

I hear you and I once cringed at a "believe in science" sign at a liberal protest. But science is about questions demanding proof and rigor, verification, reproducible results. It's not about blindly saying "Yeah my questioning makes a bunch of unsupported claims equally valid".

ThrowMeAway1618 1y ago
>But science is about questions demanding proof and rigor, verification, reproducible results. It's not about blindly saying "Yeah my questioning makes a bunch of unsupported claims equally valid". Asimov's take[0] on stuff like this is just as relevant as ever: “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” ― Isaac Asimov Although it seems to concisely describe more and more (and far too much, IMHO) of our public discourse these days. And more's the pity. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/84250-anti-intellectualism-has-been-a-constant-thread-winding-its-way-through https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/84250-anti-intellectualism-...