I guarantee you that person exists - they are just very scientific people, and obviously rare, as you might expect.
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Replying to @cmuratori @sohakes and
doesn't exist *in significant enough numbers to matter
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Replying to @TylerGlaiel @sohakes and
Well, I would argue the same about people who really understood the vaccine before taking it, and the possible long-term epidemiological outcomes, too :)
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Replying to @cmuratori @sohakes and
we have a very useful shortcut for that called "listen to the experts" though
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Replying to @TylerGlaiel @sohakes and
That sentiment I do object to. Saying "listen to the experts" presumes the person knows who is an expert, which is precisely the thing in question here. I point again to examples, such as "eat mostly carbohydrates" situation.
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Replying to @cmuratori @TylerGlaiel and
As a simple example, when programming, should you listen to "experts" like Uncle Bob Martin? Bjarne Stroustrup? The average CS professor at a college?
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Replying to @cmuratori @sohakes and
i mean programming is a mess for other reasons and also there isnt really a "search for truth" in the field like there is in other (actual) scientific fields. for math, physics, etc I would absolutely "trust the experts"
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Replying to @TylerGlaiel @sohakes and
Well maybe we can boil this down to the fact that I think medicine is about the same as programming research - some "experts" really are, but most aren't. I wouldn't consider it anywhere even in the remote ballpark of mathematics as a field in terms of competence.
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Replying to @cmuratori @TylerGlaiel and
(and of course I realize that hanging that out there is going to invite someone to come by and tell me that math as a field is also not competent, and if so, OK, but I am bad enough at math that it _looks pretty competent to me most of the time_ :)
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Replying to @cmuratori @sohakes and
I've been curious if there's ever been a case where something got proven and widely accepted in math and then later disproven (without altering underlying axioms or changing the definitions of things). Doesn't seem to be any cases there
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Definitely above my pay grade.
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