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Would You Like Fries with that Theory?
In this series, Karl Giberson addresses lay people’s irrational mistrust of “scientific orthodoxy” in response to this question: “Can we no longer confront the data on our own?” Giberson responds with a decisive “no” as he explains the long history of science as well as the extensive measures taken by the scientific community to develop and scrutinize a theory.
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Would You Like Fries With That Theory?
My field is physics. I cannot imagine what it would mean for a layperson to deal with the data of physics and draw their own conclusions.
Would You Like Fries With That Theory? Part Two
The Intelligent Design movement requires that there be some criteria other than consensus for the evaluation of what constitutes “science.”
Would You Like Fries With That Theory? Part Three
Sending the message that we can “choose” our preferred science from a roster of options undermines the entire concept of science, for it makes science seem like politics. Science is nothing like politics.
Would You Like Fries With That Theory? Part Four
The great revolutionaries in science almost always begin as honest toilers working diligently within the status quo.
Would You Like Fries With That Theory? Part Five
Generally accepted scientific ideas are those that have achieved a wide currency by successfully persuading everyone that they are very likely true. Such persuasion takes several forms.