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DEADLY wrong as it turns out... (Original Post) Soph0571 Sep 2021 OP
Stop this ride Moebym Sep 2021 #1
Why should a scientist never argue with a non believer? Aussie105 Sep 2021 #2
I pity the guys from the Darwin awards FirefighterJo Sep 2021 #3
You have 30,000 + contenders from TFG's Alabama Super Spreader Event last month Botany Sep 2021 #5
It's a matter of odds, actually Silent3 Sep 2021 #4
"For diseases ... . . not viruses" VWolf Sep 2021 #6
"It's not rocket science" lapfog_1 Sep 2021 #7

Aussie105

(5,365 posts)
2. Why should a scientist never argue with a non believer?
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 05:41 AM
Sep 2021

Because it is a waste of time.

The scientist believes in facts and logic, and shapes his thinking and actions on known facts.

The non believer thinks attitude and opinion supersede all facts.

Scientists should not argue with non believers, but try to minimize the harm they do through their stupidity.

. . . . not working too well at the moment as far as COVID goes though.





FirefighterJo

(212 posts)
3. I pity the guys from the Darwin awards
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 05:45 AM
Sep 2021

So many contenders... Tough choices ahead for the 2021 nomination 😈

Silent3

(15,178 posts)
4. It's a matter of odds, actually
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 06:01 AM
Sep 2021

It's not that science always gets things right, but that it gets things right more often than non-science.

If you try to out-guess the prevailing scientific view on an particular subject, especially if you have no scientific expertise yourself in the relevant field of study, you might occasionally be right when currently available science is wrong, but you'll much more often go wrong where the science is correct.

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