infinite_ass@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoScience owes its power to a great bullshit-filter : observation.message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down17
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareScience owes its power to a great bullshit-filter : observation.infinite_ass@leminal.space to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 22 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 hours ago“and what’s your evidence?” “Well just look at it.”
minus-squareinfinite_ass@leminal.spaceOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-213 hours agoObservation is fantastic for removing bullshit from the conversation. He’s arguing that salt is sweet? Well just taste it then. It could be explored. How does science NOT stick to the observation? Could we further optimize it? It could be borrowed. Are some conversations just too bullshit? Maybe we could borrow science’s trick.
“and what’s your evidence?”
“Well just look at it.”
Observation is fantastic for removing bullshit from the conversation.
He’s arguing that salt is sweet? Well just taste it then.
It could be explored. How does science NOT stick to the observation? Could we further optimize it?
It could be borrowed. Are some conversations just too bullshit? Maybe we could borrow science’s trick.