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.
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.
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
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.
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.