"The Problem With the March for Science" Topic

"Our culture's understanding of science is very, very broken, and on Saturday, it was impossible to ignore."

A good look at some of the problems in society today WRT science.
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It closes with

I am glad that people believe science is a concept worth marching for. But the reality is that the state of affairs within the scientific community and literacy among its "fans" lies largely in shambles. The March for Science, and the somewhat mindless glee that was on display, is entirely antithetical to the idea of science as a whole. For one thing, scientists are legendary flip-floppers. That's actually a strength of genuine science, not a weakness. When the facts change, opinions must follow suit, not vice versa. We need to work to fix the problems of poor research and science comprehension if we're ever going to have a reasonable case against those who disparage science, and as the march showed, we still have plenty of work to do on this front.

This does not render science deniers correct on any particular topic. Far from it. They indeed remain the primary enemy and are wrong on the issues a staggering majority of the time. But in the long run, the propagation of bad science that feels like good science—and the inability or unwillingness of well-meaning progressives to distinguish it from the truth—only strengthens the hand of the opposition.

Worth a read…

Wanna bet that most of those individuals never took a science class in college and only basic science in high school and probably did horrible in them.

The individuals I know who took part in the march had significant science backgrounds.

While the article conclusion seems to imply left leaning groups have hijacked science for their own purposes, I feel that is spread evenly across the spectrum. As the article points out, people believe the science that supports their world view.

" people believe the science that supports their world view."

That sounds a lot like a religion to me.

Let's see, my world view is that this is all a virtual reality, constructed and participated in from some other place, possibly outside of spacetime itself. So how does science work in with that? I guess that the laws of physics are firmly in place, to define everything about the World Of Humans. Except when the "laws" are laid aside, or reset, which I have seen powerful evidence of occurring several to many times in my life………..

I was marching here in Philly. Based on the signs I saw, the people were clearly well-educated and well-informed. It wasn't just a march FOR Science, it was a March Against Ignorance.

It is not necessary to have a science degree to understand the importance of the science any more than it would require a medical degree to understand the importance of medicine.