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Until scientific literacy improves, we're going to keep running into this wall. People and organizations are seen as more reliable if they don't waver in spite
by abandonliberty 11y ago
Until scientific literacy improves, we're going to keep running into this wall.
People and organizations are seen as more reliable if they don't waver in spite of facts. Is it hardware, or software? Can we learn to favor those who update their decisions based on validated facts, or is it hardwired in how our brains perceive confidence and reliability?
- innguest 11y agoIt's not about the public's perception of wavering, it's about the scientific outlets wanting to say "Yolk is bad!!" instead of "we now think egg yolk is bad because we found that the foo in the quux frobs the narl in a human's stomach lining". Not to mention the lack of apologies and retractions by those same outlets.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> it's about the scientific outlets wanting to say "Yolk is bad!!" The outlets that want to say that aren't scientific outlets, they are popular media outlets and the marketing arms of entities selling diet fads and/or substituted products.
- abandonliberty 11y agoThis is not just an issue in science - it's present in politics, business, really all of human society