How do we write about the truths of science when more and more people no longer believe in science? We change the way we talk about it. A fascinating read!
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/magazine/bruno-latour-post-truth-philosopher-science.html
@djspacebunny
"Latour believes that if scientists were transparent about how science really functions — as a process in which people, politics, institutions, peer review and so forth all play their parts — they would be in a stronger position to convince people of their claims. "
I'm not sure how and where scientist have been so cryptic about how a research works. And, IMO, point of a scientist shouldn't be to convince people, but to make science.
@js290
Compared to when? I mean, when do you think science was less of a belief system then it is now, and by which criteria?
@js290
I didn't mean that scientist or statistics people are not subject to corruption, I was wondering how that makes it a "belief system", and how as you say it has become so (that is, when wasn't it, when did this transition happened)
@djspacebunny
