[ SECRET POST #6217 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6217 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

What does "believe science" even mean, here? A study, a result, or a finding isn't necessarily true or worth believing simply because it has the word "science" attached to it. This is especially the case now, when many fields are continuing to grapple with the replication crisis; the deleterious effects of the "publish or perish" culture are coming to light; and the entire peer-review system is starting to come under fire for being corrupt at worst and incapable of detecting errors at best (many publications don't actually fully read and review the papers they publish, because the volume is so great that there simply isn't the time).

Science is a process, not a label. Good scientific practice in fact involves not simply believing; it involves questioning, critiquing, attempting to falsify. It involves skepticism. That is what truly separates the religious from the scientifically-minded.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, science is a process. When I say "believe science" I say believe in the process. Science didn't start out pure and get "corrupted" and "tainted" by religion. It started there, in the muck. The science you see now is after centuries of refining the process and creating work arounds as we discover more biases and shortcomings in the human brain. Are a lot of the current scientific findings wrong? Absolutely. Are you a scientist? Then go ahead and question the science in your field. Are not a scientist? Then listen to and believe the experts in that field. They know more than you. They, like you, know that their current conclusions are most likely flawed in some way if not completely wrong. But it's the best they have right now.

If science thought it was completely right it would stop.

That's what believe science means.