(02-01-2021, 04:44 AM)PaulP date Wrote:Science is sitting pretty sweet if you ask me. I accept that as a way of studying the physical world around us, it is the best we have. But it must be pretty nice to be in a position where you can be incorrect (which in essence is what you are saying), yet still have enormous prestige, but also reserve the right to change your mind when something better comes along. I'm being a little mischievous here, but hopefully you can see my point.But obviously you can't be blatantly deceptive or stupidly in error, and you can't be denialist in the Trump style, of course you might only know you were wrong long after enough new knowledge is uncovered.
Science is accepting new knowledge has some foundational right to challenge your ideas, science is not denying that right dogmatically or refusing to even investigate the questions.
You have the right to accept new science and also defend your own science, you do not have the right to deny new science by political means.
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