Science isn’t an ontology, it’s a method.
God, what no humanities does to a mf
Reminded me of this.
Exactly. I keep trying to get people to understand that it’s a process, just like running is a process.
Believing that science yields universally true results or is the only method of finding truths, however, is an ontology and something you have to believe.
Edit: I’m not anti-science or anything, just a pedant.
Believing that science yields universally true results or is the only method of finding truths
You just described science as though it were a belief system. In reality, science has a presumption that your ideals are false, not true. And a person who could only discover truth through science wouldn’t be able to dress or feed themselves.
Scientism is the belief that science and the scientific method are the best or only way to render truth about the world and reality.
While the term was defined originally to mean “methods and attitudes typical of or attributed to natural scientists”, some scholars, as well as political and religious leaders, have also adopted it as a pejorative term with the meaning “an exaggerated trust in the efficacy of the methods of natural science applied to all areas of investigation (as in philosophy, the social sciences, and the humanities)”.
Actually, “science” is a human activity and must care about what you think. It’s the universe that doesn’t care about either.
Is “Neither do I” written on the bottom?
Hypothesis?
This is “scienceism”.
It’s referred to as “Scientism”.
yr right of course but mine sounds better.
My 2nd least favorite religion.
That handle is on the wrong side, unless it’s for someone who is left handed.
It might be printed on both sides
I want to believe you, but as a scientist I require evidence.
I’m right handed, but often find myself with the cup in my left hand, because I need my dominant hand for high dexterity tasks, like writing, operating computer mouse, etc.
I will accept this task-oriented reply.
I irony being anyone who owns such mug does give a fuck what you believe.
Everything goes through our brains and therefore filters and interpretations. Science doesn’t happen if grants are approved and that usually means someone has something to gain. Even then, results are skewed by method and biases.
Science very much does care about our feelings, both individual and collective, every step of the way. That’s why there needs to be special care to take them out as much as possible.
Plus, statistics make up the basis of pretty much all of our science. If you dig into the foundations of stats, you’ll find that it’s basically just formalizing our feelings. It just happens to be formalized in a way that appears to reflect reality accurately enough to be useful.
science doesn’t care about your feelings.
yeah, about that…yer funding…it comes in part from some of those anti-science folk… :/
Science cares if your beliefs make you vote for someone who defunds research.
When I pointed this out to a very popular influencer last week I got doxxed by them. Luckily after a week of people trying to fuck with my account they deleted the message.
I want this mug
I have 2 of these in my cupboard, given to me as a gift on two separate occasions from different people.
It’s like they know me or something.
“Its just my opinion”
No. Science isn’t about opinions. Its facts and nothing else.
If you’re putting your opinion in science, its no longer science.
