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> I would describe myself as extremely positive / confident to "Science, the >approach/method
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But what does that actually mean?
How do you manifest this in your daily life and in your decisions?
My grandmother told me
God told me
I heard on the news
Well, that does not seem scientific nor following the tenants of science.
But how can you evaluate information you receive that is called science
and in so far as you know from a source of a scientist.
Esp. these days in the US everything is incredibly politicized.
There is no way to dig deep enough into every tidbit of knowledge we are
exposed to. A lot of scientific fields these days are so complicated that
you need a degree to start understanding what is going on or to evaluate
data.
If we are lucky we know a few people in different fields whom we trust.
We trust the people to we trust what the say, since they are scientists.
We all walk around and -believe- in various things we hear and elect
not to believe in others.
Then we claim that we believe in this or that "because of science".
and because of the scientific method.
But we dont know that for a fact because we dont know and probably could not
understand all the steps from beginning to end needed to ensure that the
scientific model had been applied appropriately at all stages.
I dont think real science should state
"THIS IS TRUTH BECAUSE THIS IS SCIENCE"
it should be
"This is our best understanding right now, and there are some other theories out there
that may also be valid."
I think the parent comment specifically means coming up with a falsifiable hypothesis and testing it, as opposed to the "body of knowledge" part you are talking about.
But what does that actually mean? How do you manifest this in your daily life and in your decisions?
My grandmother told me God told me I heard on the news
Well, that does not seem scientific nor following the tenants of science. But how can you evaluate information you receive that is called science and in so far as you know from a source of a scientist. Esp. these days in the US everything is incredibly politicized.
There is no way to dig deep enough into every tidbit of knowledge we are exposed to. A lot of scientific fields these days are so complicated that you need a degree to start understanding what is going on or to evaluate data.
If we are lucky we know a few people in different fields whom we trust. We trust the people to we trust what the say, since they are scientists. We all walk around and -believe- in various things we hear and elect not to believe in others. Then we claim that we believe in this or that "because of science". and because of the scientific method. But we dont know that for a fact because we dont know and probably could not understand all the steps from beginning to end needed to ensure that the scientific model had been applied appropriately at all stages.
I dont think real science should state "THIS IS TRUTH BECAUSE THIS IS SCIENCE" it should be "This is our best understanding right now, and there are some other theories out there that may also be valid."