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Hard sciences are under attack around the world (codastory.com)
4 points by giuliomagnifico on July 12, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Science based on experiments that are not repeatable by anyone cannot have the legitimacy that have been traditionally assigned to Science.

World is recognising this simple fact. If you do an experiment, one that very few people in the world is able to replicate, by collecting raw data again, then the rest of the world has to trust you.

This is no longer science.

So the decision of an individual if they want to trust you (the entity that did the expiriment) or not, is really up to them. And if you do mandates based on such science, then you are really imposing your trust on to others.

This is exactly like imposing your religion over others of a different faith.

And that should be pushed back and resisted with everything we have got.

I am pretty sure we will loose some good things, but the alternative is much darker.




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