The first doctor to postulate washing hands to prevent infection was put into a mental asylum for going against the science
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uncleshawn · 41-45, M
Favorite way for a scientist to try to argue a point: "I'm a scientist." Okay then, no need to worry about logical fallacies or anything else. The "scientist" wins.
There is a good book called 'Science is a Sacred Cow'.
Max Planck, one of the most brilliant scientists ever: [b]science makes progress funeral by funeral[/b].
There is a good book called 'Science is a Sacred Cow'.
Max Planck, one of the most brilliant scientists ever: [b]science makes progress funeral by funeral[/b].
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@uncleshawn Exactly. I absolutely love the subject of "science". I've read more books on it than anything else and work in the field of medical science (ontop of piano teaching) however:
There isn't this mystical "the science". That's a mindset the mainstream media like to push, they push whatever suits them as "the science" and handpick a few studies. An incredibly ridiculous appeal to authority.
In actual scientific circles, that is considered such a fallacy. In so many areas, there will be studies pointing to one thing being true, and at the same time studies pointing to the opposite being true. Science is merely a model of determination. Models whose conclusions almost daily prove older conclusions false. It's a model. It's like saying all of "economics" agrees with you because you made some money once. This idea that there is "the science", this unquestionable holy doctrine, is absolutely absurd. I'm glad the actual scientists aren't the same as 99% of the people who google a study that supports their bias, and declares it "THE science"
There isn't this mystical "the science". That's a mindset the mainstream media like to push, they push whatever suits them as "the science" and handpick a few studies. An incredibly ridiculous appeal to authority.
In actual scientific circles, that is considered such a fallacy. In so many areas, there will be studies pointing to one thing being true, and at the same time studies pointing to the opposite being true. Science is merely a model of determination. Models whose conclusions almost daily prove older conclusions false. It's a model. It's like saying all of "economics" agrees with you because you made some money once. This idea that there is "the science", this unquestionable holy doctrine, is absolutely absurd. I'm glad the actual scientists aren't the same as 99% of the people who google a study that supports their bias, and declares it "THE science"
uncleshawn · 41-45, M
@pianoplayingsteve And "science" is as infected with pride and money lust and infighting and cheating and blah blah as much as any other field. Moreso on the pride front than other fields, because the idea of 'science' is worshipped. Pride destroys the ability to think clearly. "I have this idea, and it must be correct, because I am so brilliant." There is a ton of that; I don't care what anybody says. I have seen it myself, and I know human nature and am honest about it in myself. Pride kills the mind's ability to function well.
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@uncleshawn Yes, I try to approach any subject as if I were a child back at school first learning about the heart, or back at my first piano lesson. You have to. Just how I am, i want to constantly learn new things so I have to constantly be humble. I'm one diploma off of mastering the piano, and I'm going straight to violin so it's like i'll be back to square one. But it feels so good.
uncleshawn · 41-45, M
@pianoplayingsteve Cool. Humility and basic childlike desire to know and learn and grow is what progresses society. And that is what drove the scientific age: the humility of "there is a ton of stuff I don't know, and I want to figure it out". [b]Very[/b] humble....the opposite of what is fashionable to say of Western development. It is foolish pride that keeps people -- and cultures -- in the dark ages.