I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE!

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[–]BigFatRetard 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

You're right, it's more a metaphorical worship, in the sense that certain people treat it like a religion that cannot be questioned, not in the sense of actually worshipping the actual thing that science actually is.

An actual worshipper of science would always have to be open to being proven wrong, which would not benefit the political or religious folks who need science to agree with them.

[–]JasonCarswell 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

" An actual worshipper of science would always have to be open to being proven wrong "

[–]madcow-5 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

That line stuck out to me as well. If you understand what science is and appreciate its use, you don't "worship" it. As far as having trust, or "faith", in it goes, that only goes as far as your faith in the integrity of the scientific community at the moment. Certain fields, like social sciences right now, the peer review process has become a joke. Then in others, you have different hands pulling in different directions for a million and one different reasons. On top of that, you have all sorts of studies and data that gets censored on social media platforms.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, "utilize" is superior to "worship".

However, I would argue that the scientific method (aka "science") does not depend on integrity, but rather, it depends upon openness and verification.

With that openness and verification the "scientific community" may earn integrity or discredit themselves - independently of the method. Some are jokes, some are corrupt, and some censor, and that's on them - but science remains the best method we have. It doesn't cover everything, but it's pretty damn good.

Here's a frightening thought:
If they're waging a war on science now, will they be waging a war on FLOSS tomorrow? The giant corporations have already been buying themselves into "open source" communities and such.