Interesting piece summarising evidence for a suspicion I've long held: Better scientific reasoning ability doesn't make political partisans more objective, but instead allows them to be partisan with greater skill.https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-smart-people-are-vulnerable-to-putting-tribe-before-truth/ …
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Is this just not: scientific theories fall into disuse not because they are disproved but because those that propogate them die.
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Replying to @SimonCWeaver
A more significant factor in a scientific theory's survival would probably be utility (which can be interpreted in many ways, e.g. financial, political, practical, epistemic). If a theory is useful enough, it will outlive its theoriser.
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