This, along with "belief" in supposed scientific facts, drives me insane.
The best is when someone tells you that 100 scientists agree on it, so it must be true, but it turns out that a few claimed it and a bunch of other scientists back them up without actually doing any science.
Don't even get me started on all the fraud we've been seeing lately in scientific journals.
I no longer really fault people that don't believe what a scientist tells them. The ones that make the news are the least trustworthy and usually have some bias towards what they're saying.
If I didn't understand science as well as I do, I'd be tempted to join them in disbelief.
>The best is when someone tells you that 100 scientists agree on it, so it must be true, but it turns out that a few claimed it and a bunch of other scientists back them up without actually doing any science.
Im not looking to get into an argument, so I'm going to be short.
These 100 scientists' opinions are based on a lot of collective years practicing as a scientist and everything that it entails, so them agreeing with a scientific fact has a _lot_ more weight behind it than
>people that don't believe what a scientist tells them.
The best is when someone tells you that 100 scientists agree on it, so it must be true, but it turns out that a few claimed it and a bunch of other scientists back them up without actually doing any science.
Don't even get me started on all the fraud we've been seeing lately in scientific journals.
I no longer really fault people that don't believe what a scientist tells them. The ones that make the news are the least trustworthy and usually have some bias towards what they're saying.
If I didn't understand science as well as I do, I'd be tempted to join them in disbelief.