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Topic	Scientific Facts are Social Constructs
Romes187 10/19/17 6:56:17 PM #24:	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. Hmm how does knowing the fallibility of science = science is a social construct? Maybe expand on your argument there.... to me, the fallibility of science speaks more to our own limitations in understanding due to our senses generally being a bad representation of objective reality. <cite>Romes187 posted [p:888754729] 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> Hmm how does knowing the fallibility of science = science is a social construct? Maybe expand on your argument there.... to me, the fallibility of science speaks more to our own limitations in understanding due to our senses generally being a bad representation of objective reality.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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