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Science Badly Needs Defending Right Now. It Doesn’t Need Your Belief.

newrepublic.com /article/196313/science-needs-defending-not-belief

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Europe is very welcoming to any scientists fleeing the regime.
belief has no place in science, thats religion bs.
Belief has nothing to do with science.
- Yes it does. Most people can't read a case study, and fewer can understand it.
  To them, science requires trust in humans and faith that no one is lying.
  
  Most people can't read a case study, and fewer can understand it.
  This is the problem.
- most people need belief and faith in science because they'll never understand it
  
  They don't need belief and faith, they need to trust it. Something that both Republicans and Democrats have eroded because it didn't fit their narrative.
- I think you mean faith. Faith has nothing to do with science.
  But belief absolutely does. Science is all about convincing people (scientists) to believe or disbelieve some idea.
  
  Ah yes. I often use the two interchangeably.
  
  One of the first things I learned in bio lab in college is that you never believe anything in science. You accept or reject based on evidence.
- It does when it comes to funding.
  
  Not even then.
- There's a little bit in a hypothesis, but I take your point. It just requires good faith approaches and conclusions.
  
  There's a little bit in a hypothesis
  Not in a properly formed hypothesis.
  You shouldn't have faith in anything in science.
- Really? Because half a nation of ignorant hayseeds NOT believing in science kind of got us to where we are now.
  How about instead of posting pithy uselessness you actually think about things for a moment
  
  Science doesn't require belief.
  The problem is that people believe in religion, and their religious leaders have a vested interest in keeping them dumb.
In that case, I'm switching to ghosts, ufos, government cover ups, and the zodiac.
Take that science.

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