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[–] svipbo 3 points 13 points (+16|-3) ago  (edited ago)

The science of today is akin to religion, with vast swathes of the population blindly accepting what scientists tell them without thinking for themselves.

Oh, and underage sex isn't that big of a deal.

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[–] LazarusLong 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

I'd say there is a pretty big difference between pop science, which is mainly just media personalities incorrectly interpreting the results of legitimate studies and actual science.

People just want everything easy to digest and don't actually want to go look at the evidence and original sources.

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[–] sleepwalken 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The key distinction is that science provably works.

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[–] frankenham ago 

This is what I don't get.. People can't seem to discern empirical science with theoretical science. There's a lot of things science can't prove.. like the distance to stars for example, we surely can guess but there's no way to empirically prove it unless you were to travel many lightyears and measure it.

If you question this fact suddenly people start slamming you calling you anti-science and a fundamental creationist and all this other crap just because you point out a fact.

I'll be told "This is how the moon formed, billions and billions of years ago x amount of force of rock smashed into x amount of mass" then I'll say "Okay that's interesting, prove it" then they start flinging shit like "WHAT, YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GRAVITY, YOU THINK IS THE EARTH FLAT TOO??" as if I'm supposed to just gobble up what they say and not question a thing.

There is a HUGE difference between empirical science that helps us create electronic circuit boards and indirect interpreted science that can't actually be proven.