Re:Stop Equating “Science” with Truth (2017)
by lbriner on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:01PM
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True! Also, not everything can be described as right or wrong, true or false.
Does current flow positive to negative or the other way round? Well electroncs flow negative to positive but current flow can be however you define it. If we all decided to change current flow to a different direction and invert a load of maths, it wouldn't be wrong, just another way to be right.
I think the missing piece is education of philosophy to people so that they understand how to evaluate, how to disagree, how to define terms, how to communicate what they know, what they think and what they don't know.
Is a window still a window if the glass is painted black?
Re:Stop Equating “Science” with Truth (2017)
by _3u10 on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:09PM
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I think the scientific consensus is what the article is taking shots at. Rather than the scientific method.
The scientific consensus is largely political whereas the scientific method produces many results which are politically inconvenient.
Consider two possible perspectives, both "science-positive": 1. Scientific consensus is true. New findings add to our understanding of the topic and relates to the literature in that space. 2. Scientific consensus represents our best understanding of the evidence. New findings add to our understanding of the topic and relates to the literature in that space.
We don't need to say that science is True to conduct meaningful research. In fact, doing so may hide paths of inquiry that question fundamental components of scientific literature, to give one example that comes to mind.