• jet@hackertalks.com
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    4 months ago

    None. Flat Earth is characterized by their denial of science. By performing empirical experiments then rejecting the results.

    That is antithetical to the very core of science. So any scientist who is given experimental data that contradicts their theory is, should make new theories.

    There’s nothing fundamentally wrong with saying the Earth is flat, and then thinking about the implications, and then verifying the implications match reality, and then when you get bad data you modify your hypothesis. We need creative and curious minds to challenge the status quo with new measurements data and science. It’s the rejection of empirical data that is the death of science

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      4 months ago

      Sounds like you’re saying The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is flawed because those pesky stubborn holdouts weren’t scientists.

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        Holding out on a belief when presented with a mountain of evidence to the contrary is definitively unscientific. What don’t we call people who are unscientific about their methodologies?

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      I imagine there are many academics that won’t budge from their current beliefs even when confronted with proof.