"It's fascinating to me that a process at the heart of science is faith not evidence based. Indeed, believing in peer review is less scientific than believing in God because we have lots of evidence that peer review doesn't work, whereas we lack evidence that God doesn't exist."
Funny thing about that graph - Egypt, Greece and Rome were all extremely religious societies. Clearly nothing incompatible between religiosity and scientific progress, then!
When I hear the term "trust the science" I hear a request to maintain the faith - a religious appeal, if you wish.
In another article (https://www.experimental-history.com/)], Richard Smith, the former editor of the British Medical Journal, commented:
"It's fascinating to me that a process at the heart of science is faith not evidence based. Indeed, believing in peer review is less scientific than believing in God because we have lots of evidence that peer review doesn't work, whereas we lack evidence that God doesn't exist."
Funny thing about that graph - Egypt, Greece and Rome were all extremely religious societies. Clearly nothing incompatible between religiosity and scientific progress, then!
Very enlightening and intelligent discourse. I learned quite a few things and appreciate your skilled dissection on some murky suppositions.
Are you religious? If you don’t mind me asking.