The scientific establishment has never had a good track record.
The eugenicists of the last century, the atrocities (human experimentation) committed by Japanese and German scientists during WW2, global warming alarm-ism, modern gain-of-function research leading to a global pandemic, the butchery of children in the name of "trans-rights"... just to name a few. There's a reason why the stereotype of the "mad scientist" has been around for as long as it has.
The "hard" sciences are for the most part fine because they are readily testable, reproducible and rigorously follow the scientific method, but the "soft" sciences are much more open to interpretation and manipulation and therefore ride the coattails of credibility that the hard sciences have earned.
Oh, "science" always seems to agree to condemn the madness ... two or three decades after the fact. I'm sure if our civilization survives this bad idea, they will do exactly the same.
If anything, the history of science is notable for the formation of cosy little cliques that do their best to exclude everybody else until the bleeding edge of research has progressed so far that the dominant clique is simply unable to maintain control.
Seriously, from astronomy to atomic theory, it's one large group grimly clinging on to control until the entire community is forced to concede that the academic emperor has no clothes.
Very scary. Honestly never thought I’d see the day when science loses its mind like this
The scientific establishment has never had a good track record.
The eugenicists of the last century, the atrocities (human experimentation) committed by Japanese and German scientists during WW2, global warming alarm-ism, modern gain-of-function research leading to a global pandemic, the butchery of children in the name of "trans-rights"... just to name a few. There's a reason why the stereotype of the "mad scientist" has been around for as long as it has.
The "hard" sciences are for the most part fine because they are readily testable, reproducible and rigorously follow the scientific method, but the "soft" sciences are much more open to interpretation and manipulation and therefore ride the coattails of credibility that the hard sciences have earned.
I can agree with that. I guess I expected science to shut down the morons saying that men can be women
Oh, "science" always seems to agree to condemn the madness ... two or three decades after the fact. I'm sure if our civilization survives this bad idea, they will do exactly the same.
If anything, the history of science is notable for the formation of cosy little cliques that do their best to exclude everybody else until the bleeding edge of research has progressed so far that the dominant clique is simply unable to maintain control.
Seriously, from astronomy to atomic theory, it's one large group grimly clinging on to control until the entire community is forced to concede that the academic emperor has no clothes.
I get that. I guess due to the idea that a man claiming to be a woman is obviously delusional. That should be a slam dunk like 2 plus 2 is 4.