Why do reasonable people doubt science?Because a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest-with apologies to Paul Simon.Left wing can't believe what crackpot right thinks is true.
Right wing cannot believe what the loony left thinks is true.And nobody trusts the chameleon center with their shifting beliefs-wobblers!
It doesn't help that a clique of unethical pseudo scientists hire themselves out like gunslingers to the highest bidders from courts to regulatory agencies.
Leaving aside honest mistakes and "influence peddling'-most people can only viscerally grasp what their own private world has shown them and the consensus of people around them.Scientific method is a continually moving target with no visible bulls'eye.
As a general rule we'll believe the AMA medical website with peer revued experiments more than Stoner Dave with his website on how grass can cure everything from cancer to carbuncles.
The problem is Stoner Dave might be right-and he has a way smaller axe to grind.In the face of impeccable science and overwhelming empirical evidence-who do we trust -authoritarian figures or our quixotic contrarian natures?
Right wing cannot believe what the loony left thinks is true.And nobody trusts the chameleon center with their shifting beliefs-wobblers!
It doesn't help that a clique of unethical pseudo scientists hire themselves out like gunslingers to the highest bidders from courts to regulatory agencies.
Leaving aside honest mistakes and "influence peddling'-most people can only viscerally grasp what their own private world has shown them and the consensus of people around them.Scientific method is a continually moving target with no visible bulls'eye.
As a general rule we'll believe the AMA medical website with peer revued experiments more than Stoner Dave with his website on how grass can cure everything from cancer to carbuncles.
The problem is Stoner Dave might be right-and he has a way smaller axe to grind.In the face of impeccable science and overwhelming empirical evidence-who do we trust -authoritarian figures or our quixotic contrarian natures?