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[–] fishos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yes, and I'm here criticizing "actually existing science". That's exactly my point. It's not "real science" when it's injected with politics and emotions like that. It's biased in a way science shouldn't be.

Most science isn't real science in that view, the problem is that most science is funded by ulterior motives, very little science is the basic, primary science of exploration. That creates both huges gaps where the political and financial establishment fails to imagine value (climate science) and also fake science where something should be true for the power that be, but isn't (glysophate, cigarettes safety).

We should always imagine as a flawed, politically and financially motivated enterprise, a tool in the grip of institutions that need to survive first and science second. Pure science is a rare thing and it shouldn't be assumed be the case whenever things are happening under the name of science.

This is the framework to avoid being surprised by scientific failures and to compensate for them.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

You are confusing science (the process of discovering understanding of reality) with truth (how the world "really" is).

"Real science" like you describe can almost by definition not exist. Science is costly, both in time and in money. People don't just spend lots of time and money just because. For that kind of investment you need some kind of motive, some reason. And as soon as you have that, you are into politics and emotions.

[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Biased, politicised science is real science. Not the platonic ideal you have in your head.