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October 17, 2020
"We follow the science."
"The science is in--"
There are people who talk about
The Science as though they've
joined a new monotheistic religion.
There's a large faction of science-denialists
out there-- perhaps more than around a third of
the United States.
Some people have reacted against that and begun
to define themselves as followers of The
Science.
But Science is not a fixed doctrine, if anything
it's the anti-doctrine. It thrives by not being
too dogmatic, by being willing to review settled Multiple attempts have been
conclusions, by being skeptical about everything made to firm up the nature
including it's own grasp of facts. of "the scientific method",
but really the best anyone
Someone waving the flag of The Science may be can do is something like
doing little more than engaging in a rhetorical "check what can be checked".
flourish.
This is another form of politicizing science,
no less than the people who are reflexively FALSE_KARL
anti-science to show their tribal affiliation. LIMITED_HEAD
It may seem a weird thing to complain about:
That science is getting *too much* respect...
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