this is what the people with this sign i saw all over palo alto this weekend mean rightpic.twitter.com/Cx1R4vHFW5
believing in science means believing that, over time, the scientific method is likely to find truth it does not mean, and would not function if, it meant believing in every idea that reaches scientific consensus. every great breakthrough has come from doubting experts
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by scientific research we are updating our best approximation of the truth - sometimes drastically different than the previous one
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or by leaving petri dishes covered in bacteria out on a counter for a couple days
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this is a very good take that's getting filtered by the twitter quality network for some reason
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your first point is true, but has no bearing on the probability of any given assertion being true.
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if an idea reaches consensus through the consistent application of the scientific method (i.e., experiments signaling vaccine efficacy/safety), doubting the experts who reached that consensus is unlikely to lead to a great breakthrough
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Einstein thought QM was a load of bologna
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