@rowena_kay @drjennings @JGForsyth It's a particularly weird deficit for that group because you'd think they'd be quite into Popper.
The error is in all the talk of The Science as if it were a singular noun, when instead it should be treated as a verb (to science = to disagree critically).
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The error is in all the talk of The Science as if it were a singular noun, when instead it should be treated as a verb (to science = to disagree critically).
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@rowena_kay @drjennings @JGForsyth "Scientific Consensus" is the other thing lazy politicians (and journalists!) always reach for.
It's almost a contradiction in terms, but you can think of it as the excreta of science - or the non-living bark constantly shed as the tree grows.
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It's almost a contradiction in terms, but you can think of it as the excreta of science - or the non-living bark constantly shed as the tree grows.
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@rowena_kay @drjennings @JGForsyth It's a deficit of mandatory science education that it mostly focuses on the excreta of science not the actual process that produces it.
I think more space should be made for biography of scientists and the actual contemporary debates.
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I think more space should be made for biography of scientists and the actual contemporary debates.
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@rowena_kay @drjennings @JGForsyth If you wanted *one thing* to just shout at people/ministers to highlight that they are misrepresenting science I think it would be "The Science" - capitalisation important - any time they mention *only one hypothesis/model*.
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