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Originally Posted by elphenor
science answers "we don't know yet" when you go back far enough
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Small qualifier
“We don’t know” is the cornerstone of all
good science. Humility.
Pop scientists have taken to making fantastical unsubstantiated claims over the past few years. And the media (like Vice) twist good research into huge exaggerations like we’re on the cusp of stopping cancer or whatever.
And also there’s the problem of scientists having to exaggerate their progress to keep funding.
The public seems to think that ruling out an hypothesis is a failure instead of understanding that it's actually new information on a long journey. You’ll never get famous testing ideas that don’t work but it’s a fundamental part of the process.
Capitalism discourages peer review and the sharing of knowledge which is disastrous for progress.