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    Bizantura posted an update 5 years, 3 months ago

    Jonathan Pageau,
    Many Public figures have been using the phrase “follow the science” in the recent crisis. Such phrases ignore how science is a tool and does not offer any way of discerning a goal towards which we should follow science.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNKn5d_yUrg&t=636s

    • Profile picture of DanaThomas
      DanaThomas replied 5 years, 3 months ago

      Theirs is mere scientism… if that same scientism called for the abolition of those people’s jobs and salaries, they would change their tune “toute suite”.

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        Bluenose replied 5 years, 3 months ago

        Science, like history, is bought and sold everyday.

        • Profile picture of FiatLux
          FiatLux replied 5 years, 3 months ago

          “THE science” is an oxymoron. The essence of the scientific method is positing hypotheses that must be challenged and replicated. If you can’t challenge, debate, or revise it, it’s not science. “Trust the science” is just a fancy way of saying, “Shut up and do what we tell you, you dumb peasant.”