Something that troubles me is that genuine science is messy, which we've seen play out in public the last few weeks. But public perceptions of science are that it's deterministic and infallible. There's a big impedance mismatch between science and popular journalism as a result
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The culture of punditry is to advance a maximal claim, go at it hammer and tongs with opponents, and never back down. The culture of scientific research is to argue just as heatedly, but (one hopes!) converge on a conclusion rooted in reality, even if it takes a very long time
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In a situation like this, where everyone is wrong much of the time, the intellectual ratchet effect of punditry is very unwelcome. I am curious what working scientists can tell us about how to learn to back down from being wrong, which hurts! It dents the ego so bad.
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Having had to publicly admit the new data on wearing masks told a different story than what they first said to the public should have been good practice
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What’s this now? Link?
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