Science

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"Science is best defined as a careful, disciplined, logical search for knowledge about any and all aspects of the universe, obtained by examination of the best available evidence and always subject to correction and improvement upon discovery of better evidence. What's left is magic. And it doesn't work." - James Randy

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[–]SeethingPeasant 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

So they should have been saying "trust the magic", because none of what they did was scientific, it was authoritarian.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

" Trust the political $cience. "

[–]Raven1221 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think he is talking about experimental science.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

People prefer the easy route to believe in magic than do the work to discover new wonders of the universe.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That's a subjective definition, that carefully avoids questioning and skepticism, replaced with a "search for knowledge" rather than truth and some "examination of the best available evidence" that is subjectively determined by who? Wrong! All questions on everything must be allowed on the table.