Saiditors, I've debated what "science" means with one who's allegedly superior with "psience", and others on defining "socialism". I present this matter forward for your feedback on these two processes. If I'm wrong I'll apologize and learn, or they will learn and maybe finally shut up.

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

sciencism has been part of the oligarchs plan for some time now.

It boils down to experts/scientists (modern priest class) telling the public what to think.

The priest class was controlled by whomever ruled at the time, in the same way. The obedient priests were promoted to positions of power. Honest and decent priests were marginalized.

The same basics apply to modern academia.
Publish climate change fraud, or create deleterious vaccines and you'll be given awards, and asked to speak at academic conferences, publish articles, etc.
Publish scientifically legitimate climate science, or vaccine safety concerns and you're defunded, and made into a pariah.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed.

Some guy in his garage can prove them wrong and be utterly ignored, suppressed, patents stolen by military or gov, or simply rubbed out. Science has sold out for the most part. All the Universities, think tanks, etc are bought and sold. Open-science is a rarity - yet it exists as a movement and I really hope it grows.

It's pretty much as illustrated by the "In Shadow" animated short.