Re:The Truth Is Paywalled but the Lies Are Free
by Falling3 on Monday August 03, 2020 @10:39AM
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I don't disagree with you. The only thing I'm arguing against is the GP's comment that we should blindly put our trust in the groups mentioned.
Some of the best parts about science, as you've pointed out, are peer review and replication. There should never be a need to put your faith in an individual scientist and take them at their word.
>There is a special place in hell for those who cynically use the fact that scientists are sometimes wrong as an attack against the very existence of knowledge and consensus reality itself.
I hope it's clear that I was in no way doing that.
Re:The Truth Is Paywalled but the Lies Are Free
by Nihilartikel on Monday August 03, 2020 @02:25PM
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Reading charitably, I don't believe that it's what you meant. But with disturbing frequency, I do see similar words uttered and written with fairly clear cynical intent.
Re:The Truth Is Paywalled but the Lies Are Free
by Falling3 on Monday August 03, 2020 @03:40PM
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I completely agree; it's an alarming trend that's used to sew ignorance. Blindly following experts clearly isn't an antidote to that, which is all I was trying to express originally.
Re:The Truth Is Paywalled but the Lies Are Free
by marcus_holmes on Monday August 03, 2020 @12:59PM
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Science relies on this, yes.
Academia, not so much
If a scientist is emotionally attached to a result and ignores a result that they don't like, they are no longer engaged in science.
Peer review and replication is the correcting factor for the unfortunate reality that science must be, for the moment carried out by humans.
At the very least, when operating properly science becomes less wrong. That cannot be said for politicians who are interested in nothing but confirmation of their preconceptions.
There is a special place in hell for those who cynically use the fact that scientists are sometimes wrong as an attack against the very existence of knowledge and consensus reality itself.