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Re:Intermediate sci knowledge associated with overconfidence... by mathematicaster on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:57PM (#37512437)
Top comment.

My adjacent refrain is "Science is not the same as people trying to do science".

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Re:Intermediate sci knowledge associated with overconfidence... by biomcgary on Thursday September 14, 2023 @02:09PM (#37512599)
The work of philosophers and sociologists of science, Kuhn and Feyerabend in particular, support this perspective.
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Re:Intermediate sci knowledge associated with overconfidence... by mistermann on Thursday September 14, 2023 @05:30PM (#37515114)
Scientists trying to do science is a component of broad science, is it not?
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Re:Intermediate sci knowledge associated with overconfidence... by mike_hearn on Friday September 15, 2023 @05:48AM (#37520621)
Only if they succeed at doing science. If they just engage in pseudo-science then it's not.
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