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Topic	Scientific Facts are Social Constructs
Mal_Fet 10/19/17 6:55:00 PM #19:	COVxy posted... Mal_Fet posted... hortanz posted... thinking science is infallible is one of the most unscientific beliefs you can have True but that doesn't make it a social construct. But, uh, it does. Science exists as a social system, sorry to tell ya. Even if we're not talking epistemology here, it turns out that trends in beliefs and popular ideas are extremely common. Right, which is why the evidence against the Bible's claims are so exceedingly prolific in the US scientific community despite the majority of Americans claiming to believe in what it says. Or why the scientific community so staunchly affirms climate change science despite most Americans not believing it. --- Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell <cite>Mal_Fet posted [p:888754641] in Scientific... [t:75894203]...</cite> <quote><cite>COVxy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Mal_Fet posted...</cite> <quote><cite>hortanz posted...</cite> <quote>thinking science is infallible is one of the most unscientific beliefs you can have</quote> True but that doesn't make it a social construct.</quote> But, uh, it does. Science exists as a social system, sorry to tell ya. Even if we're not talking epistemology here, it turns out that trends in beliefs and popular ideas are extremely common.</quote> Right, which is why the evidence against the Bible's claims are so exceedingly prolific in the US scientific community despite the majority of Americans claiming to believe in what it says. Or why the scientific community so staunchly affirms climate change science despite most Americans not believing it. --- Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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