Re:Science is political, and that's a bad thing
by pdonis on Saturday September 03, 2022 @09:30PM
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> Does it really have value for people? Not really.
You must be joking. The very fact that you are posting here indicates that you are making use of countless products of science. They're just not products of science that are tied to any political controversy or help anyone to gain political power, so everyone takes them for granted and doesn't stop to think about them when they think about "science". But they should.
Re:Science is political, and that's a bad thing
by pdonis on Saturday September 03, 2022 @09:32PM
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> scientists recovered old administrative documents about the French revolution
History is not a science, although it can make use of tools that science has developed.
> And that's the best science can do.
Again, you must be joking. Even leaving aside my comment above, science has done a huge amount more than discover some old historical documents.
I mean, does it have value for society that scientists recovered old administrative documents about the French revolution? Not really.
But as a society, we can now decide to continue to be wrong about most beliefs we held about that time period or to correct those beliefs. Did those researcher knew what they would find? Yes, probably. Were those finding aligned to their political views? Probably yes, i doubt there is a lot of Furetien left, and they probably wouldn't have searched those documents. (i wanted to use the verb seek and not search, but couldn't remember if it was irregular)
Does it really have value for people? Not really. I will now get internet points everytime someone talk about the French terror for the foreseeable future. That's it.
But maybe, if our civilization last long enough, our history myths will match our real history and everyone will be less wrong.
And that's the best science can do.