> After all, even with such waste, such bias, and such low rates of reproduction, science still gives us amazing insights into the world, enriches our understanding of the universe and our place in it
The low rates of reproductions are in social sciences, drug research, etc, where the "insight into the world" comes from physic, astrology, etc.
> the "insight into the world" comes from physic, astrology, etc.
then I hope we live in two different worlds - preferring astrology over religion will not get us very far, I guess... (just cracking some balls, but it's a too funny typo to resist)
Follow the money. There's no money in drawing conclusions about and publishing on basic physics. Does the Microwave Background Radiation show that the Universe is open or closed? It's really just an academic discussion that has no financial winners or losers either way besides a Nobel prize at some point, so the science tends to be fairly unbiased.
On the other hand, there's a great deal of money in science that affects the human body, like cancer research, drug research, as well as the social sciences. When there's a lot of money and hype around a field of science, we should keep our bs detectors on high alert.
Compared to what? Religion? Well, due.
> After all, even with such waste, such bias, and such low rates of reproduction, science still gives us amazing insights into the world, enriches our understanding of the universe and our place in it
The low rates of reproductions are in social sciences, drug research, etc, where the "insight into the world" comes from physic, astrology, etc.