Huh?
No! Fallibism is great. 'I believe cats are iphones' is not fallibism. 'We could be wrong in our assessment of things even that profound' is
-
-
We can provisionally accept that cats are biological organisms & iPhones man-made technology w/out forgetting that knowledge is provisional
-
We must be able to say at some point that some answers are just wrong & marginalise them. Evolution is true. Vaccines do not cause autism.
-
Like I said - it's a balance. We should favour expert opinion, but also allow challenges to dogma.
-
How many times have people told you that you are just wrong cos you're going against 'expert' consensus? I bet it happens quite often.
-
Yes & sometimes they're right & I am mistaken & we don't have to keep giving my mistake fair & equal consideration with evidenced stuff.
-
I absolutely agree that not all ideas should be granted respect or equal consideration.
-
Exactly. I recently said something which assumed that the common misconception that medieval peasants were called up for war was true.
-
OK, LUNCH!
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.