“We can’t afford to advocate rationalism with the same brashness and rudeness displayed by some pseudoscientists, because our truths are sadly less welcome than their comforting untruths. It is easy to convince someone of a falsehood if it’s something they desperately want to hear. They will even pay you for the privilege, and defend you…
“We can’t afford to advocate rationalism with the same brashness and rudeness displayed by some pseudoscientists, because our truths are sadly less welcome than their comforting untruths. It is easy to convince someone of a falsehood if it’s something they desperately want to hear. They will even pay you for the privilege, and defend you to the hilt..”
read more at Skeptics will always face an uphill struggle against pseudoscience | Michael Marshall | Science | theguardian.com.
We must remember science itself does not welcome truths about the consequences of its progress but prefers to believe it is white as snow. It also fosters the belief that many want to hear that we are not alone by its constant reference to possible life out there.
Science also makes moral decisions as to how it should proceed with research while the world teeters on the brink of disaster.
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