Something I should say more often

[MadMojoMonkey]

Something I should say more often:

Science is not a thing or a place or a group of people or results.
Science is just how humans figure stuff out.

Some scientists are not trustworthy, but that is not a reflection on the trustworthiness of science.

Ironically, most people I meet who are "science deniers" are doing so for good, scientific reasons. They don't trust the appeals to authority. They have been mislead by scientists before. Etc.
Whereas most people I meet who are science supporters are doing so for the least scientific of reasons. They trust in those appeals to authority. They sweep aside mistakes of the past and flaws in the process.


This bothers me, and I want people to appreciate this irony in its fullness.

[wufwugy]

Ironically, most people I meet who are "science deniers" are doing so for good, scientific reasons. They don't trust the appeals to authority. They have been mislead by scientists before. Etc.
Whereas most people I meet who are science supporters are doing so for the least scientific of reasons. They trust in those appeals to authority. They sweep aside mistakes of the past and flaws in the process.

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[Poopadoop]

Ironically, most people I meet who are "science deniers" are doing so for good, scientific reasons. They don't trust the appeals to authority. They have been mislead by scientists before. Etc..

Yet many of these same people accept the word of a different authority that is telling them to be a science denier, and/or a bible believer.

I think a big part of the problem could be avoided if people better understood that science can't always give us the answers - sometimes all it can do is quantify the uncertainty. People have a hard time grasping this imo.