BeautifulMind ♾️@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoPoliticized science inevitably tends toward pseudosciencewww.noahpinion.blogexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down15
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-linkPoliticized science inevitably tends toward pseudosciencewww.noahpinion.blogBeautifulMind ♾️@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up24·7 months agoThat is because politics is all about certainty and the appearance of knowing everything. When a politician changes their mind on something they are seen as weak. “If they change their mind of this, how can we trust anything they say?” Science is all about what the evidence tells us. If new data shows that our previous notions were incorrect, we must change our minds.
That is because politics is all about certainty and the appearance of knowing everything.
When a politician changes their mind on something they are seen as weak. “If they change their mind of this, how can we trust anything they say?”
Science is all about what the evidence tells us. If new data shows that our previous notions were incorrect, we must change our minds.