Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m...
by moonchrome on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:35AM
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>I have found that academia is one of the rare places where people the absolute top of their field who are often actually modest & aware of their ignorance about most things.
This view doesn't really align with designing public policy - while those people exist - they aren't the problem (or are insofar they aren't voicing their positions loud enough).
Coming from a place of modesty and acknowledging limitations is not the "believe science" movement.
But in my experience (math, science, & engineering), it is actually far less prevalent than in other places.
Forget the overzealous #sciencetwitter people. I have found that academia is one of the rare places where people the absolute top of their field who are often actually modest & aware of their ignorance about most things.