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bildramer t1_jaezqt5 wrote

Reply to comment by platoprime in From discs in the sky to faces in toast, learn to weigh evidence sceptically without becoming a closed-minded naysayer by ADefiniteDescription

I have no issue with scientific inquiry, and if you carefully read my comment you'll notice most of the problem is with the word "eventual" here. Sometimes you can outperform "science" by following scientific principles instead of looking at what groups of scientists say; nullius in verba, after all. Also, Lysenkoism, if you want a citation of the opposite. Sure, that wasn't science but state power, but where in the world does science operate without state power influencing it?

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platoprime t1_jaf0485 wrote

Science never promised to be correct now it's just more correct than any other method of determining fact.

> Sometimes you can outperform "science" by following scientific principles instead of looking at what groups of scientists say

And sometimes using a magic 8 ball to guide your life will work out.

Or, instead of going by what scientists say, which is dumb, you go by what they can prove and what evidence they provide.

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