It’s interesting that no-one takes issue with scientists’ ability to predict, say, an eclipse…
…No one is saying “ scientists have been wrong before so I’m not going to trust them on this.”
No one is insisting that predicting eclipses is all part of some massive conspiracy. No one is claiming they can predict eclipses better than scientists because of something they read online.
Indeed, everyone seems quite prepared to admit that scientists are competent and have a really good understanding of the physical world; everyone, in fact, implicitly admits that scientists know more about science than they do.
So why is it that on topics like vaccinations, evolution, climate change, etc., suddenly everyone thinks they know more than scientists do?
No one is insisting that predicting eclipses is all part of some massive conspiracy. No one is claiming they can predict eclipses better than scientists because of something they read online.
Indeed, everyone seems quite prepared to admit that scientists are competent and have a really good understanding of the physical world; everyone, in fact, implicitly admits that scientists know more about science than they do.
So why is it that on topics like vaccinations, evolution, climate change, etc., suddenly everyone thinks they know more than scientists do?
