This is just a confusion in terms: "Science" = process by which humans examine the universe "Facts" = truths about the universe that cannot be altered Science is by definition constructed. Facts are nothttps://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/1368259842222268421 …
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And large parts of what we now mark as the imprimatur of "science" - white coats, labs, PhDs - are more historical than they are an essential part of the process
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Then we have the areas that use what we'd usually consider as the "scientific method" - sociology, anthropology - but lack the certainty that physics gives us. They don't fit the classical mold of "science", but they do still do things scientifically
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Anyway, the second you actually start to try and define the rules that govern why some things are considered science and others are not, you realize that a lot of it is pretty arbitrary
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When Dawkins says that "science" is not socially constructed, what he means is that there are objectively true facts and that these are immutable, but the reality is that our system for discovering those facts cannot ever be without some construction
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Yes, he partially clarified this, but the important point is not about whether there is or isn't an objective reality, but whether our system for examining that reality is objective
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The scientific method however, can be flawed as it is based on what you can observe and test. We can fail to see much of the 'beast' and then science is as the elephant and the blind men. It is worse, when those making the observations selectively dismiss stuff they know is there
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to boot, often because they are paid to by those that have expectations of what they pay for supporting a narrative. You can trust science only as far as you can trust scientists and like all human beings they are corruptible, can be biased, and by nature often select method &
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