An excellent piece and I look forward to the next ones.
I was left wondering to what extent the problem is a misconception in the political arena that science is an institution, when it is actually (or should be) a process, in which scientists test each other’s hypotheses looking for flaws.
Instead of asking which experts we should rely on…
An excellent piece and I look forward to the next ones.
I was left wondering to what extent the problem is a misconception in the political arena that science is an institution, when it is actually (or should be) a process, in which scientists test each other’s hypotheses looking for flaws.
Instead of asking which experts we should rely on, we should first ask whether there is a healthy scientific process underway. In any field where disagreement is being stifled by the excommunication of heretics, there is not a healthy scientific process and we are seeing politics not science.
An excellent piece and I look forward to the next ones.
I was left wondering to what extent the problem is a misconception in the political arena that science is an institution, when it is actually (or should be) a process, in which scientists test each other’s hypotheses looking for flaws.
Instead of asking which experts we should rely on, we should first ask whether there is a healthy scientific process underway. In any field where disagreement is being stifled by the excommunication of heretics, there is not a healthy scientific process and we are seeing politics not science.