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I sincerely believe the fact that English lacks a distinction between what you mentioned as 'objective' and 'subjective' science is part of the reason why we are in this mess. Science is not a monolith and while we have concepts like validity we lack the distinction between science which is likely to change (diet/nutrition, [xyz] reduces risk of cancer, most psychology research, etc.) and science which is basically law, like kinematics, chemistry, meteorology, etc.

I'm actually struggling to articulate the concept simply because I lack the ability to cleanly categorize these things. To put it another way, a study published in an Evolutionary Psychology Journal is not as 'true' as Evolution itself. Despite this, the study benefits from all the clout established by the broader field.

parent BitwiseFool 5 years ago

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