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Fignugent -10 points ago +7 / -17

he's not wrong. science (the process) is true whether you believe in it or not

the conclusions from science are always up for debate

so yeah, steakumms didn't really clapback anyone. they argued semantics

and yes neil degrasse is completely full of himself and an insufferable douchnozzle

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BoughtByBloomberg2 15 points ago +15 / -0

Science isn't true. Nor is the process true. See bias and sampling error.

The scientific method is the process of eliminating as much bias to as closely approximate the truth as possible. Then by repeated hypothesis testing we confirm the truth of the conclusion.

See launching rockets into space, treating a disease or Democrats being fucktards.

But this is all besides the point because Special Needs Tyson just reworked an old sound bite of hus "The good thing about science is thay it works, whether you belueve in it or not" which is a much smarter statement. But he's running out of material so he said something stupid.

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conservativeyuppie 4 points ago +4 / -0

This. The first thing a good economics class teaches you (and idc about anyone's opinion on it because, yes, econ is still a social science at the end of the day that employs the scientific method to accept or reject null hypotheses) is that every model is wrong. Some are more correct than others, but at the the of the day they're wrong. Because a model that's correct won't tell you anything useful ("you will likely die at some point" well yeah no shit). The best any science can do is approximate the truth.

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VoidWanderer 1 point ago +1 / -0

Because a model that's correct won't tell you anything useful

I'll disagree there. It's very useful to know certain things to be able to plan around and for them. Using your example, I know I'm going to eventually die so I'll take steps to account for that. I also know that gravity exists, which allows me to do certain other things with confidence that they will occur.

Knowing something will happen doesn't mean it's not useful and if that's what your Econ teacher tried to tell you then they were shit at explaining the point of certainties.

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WU_HAN_FRU 2 points ago +2 / -0

Bias elimination and empiricism, and nothing else.

Especially not quasi-religious dogma.

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Fignugent 1 point ago +1 / -0

Nor is the process true

all hypothesis start from an axiom that all people must agree IS the truth

otherwise there's no point in arguing about anything

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BoughtByBloomberg2 1 point ago +1 / -0

No not really. The test proves it true or not. Even if the axiom is the opposite of the hypothesis.

Axiomatically people believed the earth to be flat and the sun to revolve around the earth.

They believed in a wrong axiom. And were proven to be incorrect by a hypothesis that when tested returned the same results.

If the earth is flat then shadows would not curve at different angles at different latitudes at the same time. They do. As demonstrated by some Greek smart ass.

I think you meant that people have to agree on fundamental truths like observing reality is even possible. Then yes you are correct. See the Social sciences for how that turns out.

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Fignugent 1 point ago +1 / -0

you ACCEPT an axiom to be true in order to build the foundations for debate on things that are built on that assumption

if the axiom is proven false then you accept something else as true and start over

NOTHING is universally true. to claim such would be like saying you know for fact that the fundamental axiom WILL NEVER CHANGE

no one makes that claim. they only say that given what we know. this is the truth we accept

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MAGAsian 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yeah that's exactly it. It's like saying a ruler is true. It doesn't make any goddamn sense.

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WU_HAN_FRU 12 points ago +13 / -1

I'm embarrassed to admit that Steak-Umm's social media team is smarter than me, but he/she/they argued the exact same thing you appear to arguing, with the exception that they correctly point out that a process cannot itself be "true."

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residue69 4 points ago +4 / -0

And they did it all while promoting pre-sliced meat.

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WU_HAN_FRU 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yes.

Our "elites" are NO. SUCH. THINGS.

Uneducated and mediocre in everything but corruption and vice. Damn them all.

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MAGAsian 7 points ago +7 / -0

"Science is true" is a nonsensical statement. Facts are true. Scientific facts are facts derived through the scientific method. Conclusions reached through the scientific method are not always true. The scientific method is just a process, it has no quality of trueness.

It's like saying "Economics is true". What the hell does that mean? Economic models are all true? The field of economics is all true? The economy is true?

It's just something said by very stupid people who think they're smart.

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Fignugent 1 point ago +1 / -0

economics isn't a process

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MAGAsian 1 point ago +1 / -0

a process similar to the scientific process is used in economics. i used it as an example because saying "science is true" doesn't fucking mean anything. there is no quality of true or false to "science".

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Mother_of_gains 6 points ago +6 / -0

Tyson was trying to argue that anything you hear from someone in a white lab coat is true whether you like it or not.

Interpreting that as him saying that "science" as a process is true doesn't make sense. He was trying to conflate "science" with "facts" for an easy mindless soundbite that his fan base would clap for.

Instead he got dragged by the social media intern of a questionable sandwich meat company.

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HiddenDekuScrub 1 point ago +1 / -0

And likely secured thousands more happy customers at the thought that at least one business is still making sense. Which, as he claims, is his intention.

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Fignugent 1 point ago +1 / -0

science results in truth

or do you have another opinion on this

because that is the one ALL scientists agree on

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Master_Wyatt_Gurp 2 points ago +2 / -0

It looks like you are the one arguing semantics.