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A comment on Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific misinformation online. Parent comment

Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by donw on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:10PM (#30142748)
> Has that maybe been true since the beginning of 'natural philosophy'?

Unlikely. In its infancy, science -- aka "Natural Philosophy" as it was called at the time -- had to establish its credibility. It did so by delivering results.

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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by robbintt on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:37PM (#30142939)
I think most of the science back then was really bad, we just don't talk about it, which is exactly the parent post's point.
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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by chr1 on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:28PM (#30142877)
Alchemy was part of natural philosophy as well though.
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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by yesenadam on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:39PM (#30142956)
Maybe only one person in ten delivered results - then you'd have both results and 90% crud.
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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by amcoastal on Sunday January 30, 2022 @08:35PM (#30143416)
And in the same way, a lot of science done and published in the last 25 years has shown real technological improvement in the world around us.
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Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m... by bencollier49 on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:14AM (#30146464)
Is that not mostly engineering? Refinement of existing hard science?
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