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fj12ryder
Feb 24, 2017Explorer III
ExxWhy wrote:Part of the ridiculousness of the statement is there is a huge difference between "Science" and "Scientists". Science is a system of study, not the results of that study. "Scientists" can use "Science" to prove, disprove, or advance hypotheses. "Bad Science" is what the media call it and it's accepted too much of the time. It's not "Bad Science", it's poor methodology, poor interpretation of results, or any one of a dozen other problems.fj12ryder wrote:
Well, I'm just going to cherry pick a ridiculous statement out of that diatribe: " I admire science, but it is wrong far more than it's right." Okaaaay. :)
Please enlighten me on what is ridiculous about that statement?...
Science is "The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment." Like many things it can be done poorly, but that isn't the fault of science, it's the problem with the people doing the science research and interpretation.
Scientists may be wrong more often than they're right, but not "Science". Hypotheses may be wrong more often than right, but that's part of the process of science, not science itself.
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