Re: Social Darwinism


"Robert J. Kolker" <nowhere@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Deadrat wrote:
> >
> > Here's a better analogy. Science claims a correlation between
second-hand
> > smoke and increased risk of lung cancer. Suppose we institute a
policy of
> > shooting smokers on sight. What does that say about the
above-mentioned
> > correlation?
>
> Nothing. But it says a lot about the policy.
>
Sure it says something about the scientific claim. The result was an
attempt to correct what science claimed happens. There is a
correlation. If instead we outlawed porn clubs, then you'd be right.
That the application of science is not always perfect means exactly
what? The application could be "wrong", or it could be "right" yet
wrong because the science was "wrong". Say the scientific claim above
is wrong, and we shoot all smokers. Then 20 years later science
discovers that smoke does not increase risk of lung cancer. Is there
never a case which should hold bad science, bad scientists, to blame?
Another. Science claims that the earth will be too hot to live on in
20 years. Everyone panics and many die. Later, it's found to be a
mistake, and the earth didn't get to hot to live on after 20 years.
Then it's discovered that the scientists who made the initial claim
had a bias or preconceived notion, that caused them to make hasty
conclusions and conceal or ignore conflicting data. Robert, science
itself is an application. Scientists do testing to determine whether
their inferences stand up to scrutiny. That is "science". Science is
never to blame, scientists however can be, and are at times.


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