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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

People fail to distinguish between popular science and actual science. Popular science is mostly about communicating recent discoveries to the general public, preferably in some entertaining way. Actual science as it’s communicated is really hard for the general public to understand.

Just because popular science often gets it wrong doesn’t necessarily mean that actual science has gotten it wrong.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The best part about actual science is that it usually discovers where more research is needed. It might be wrong because certain previously unknown variables affect it, or it might be right but vastly incomplete.

People don't naturally like things that leave grey area.

Science doesn't dictate what is or isn't right, it's a process that continues. Some information can't change, but that is no longer in the realm of science as it's now a fact.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

All models are wrong, but some are useful.