Scientists were perceived as more credible than government officials, but were not more credible than businesspeople or issue advocates.Scientists were viewed as more credible when discussing technological issues than when discussing non-technological social issues such as health, education and employment.Three forms of distrust – concerns abo...
What kind of scientists? Natural scientists, or social scientists? Cuz both are horrible, but one’s significantly more horrifying than the other.
Edit: I apologise for the misunderstanding. English is not my first language. What I meant was that if people would trust businesspeople over natural scientists in matters of social issues, that is already bad, but if people would trust businesspeopls over social scientists in matters of social issues, that’s a significantly worse judgement to make.
Nah, I’m less inclined to trust a businessman even in economics than a scientist. We’ve been inundated for years about how college just brainwashes kids, but the only ones I see consistently producing samethink are business and law schools. I say that’s where the brainwashing is, wiping out their empathy and humanity for the love of a dollar.
I apologise for the misunderstanding. What I meant was that if people would trust businesspeople over natural scientists in matters of social issues, that is already bad, but if people would trust businesspeopls over social scientists in matters of social issues, that’s a significantly worse judgement to make.
What kind of scientists? Natural scientists, or social scientists? Cuz both are horrible, but one’s significantly more horrifying than the other.
Edit: I apologise for the misunderstanding. English is not my first language. What I meant was that if people would trust businesspeople over natural scientists in matters of social issues, that is already bad, but if people would trust businesspeopls over social scientists in matters of social issues, that’s a significantly worse judgement to make.
Nah, I’m less inclined to trust a businessman even in economics than a scientist. We’ve been inundated for years about how college just brainwashes kids, but the only ones I see consistently producing samethink are business and law schools. I say that’s where the brainwashing is, wiping out their empathy and humanity for the love of a dollar.
Why are “natural scientists” horrible?
I apologise for the misunderstanding. What I meant was that if people would trust businesspeople over natural scientists in matters of social issues, that is already bad, but if people would trust businesspeopls over social scientists in matters of social issues, that’s a significantly worse judgement to make.
Why are “social scientists” horrible? What’s the difference? jfc.
TBH the attack on “social science” is a longstanding fascist project to impose social oppression.
I completely agree.
Yeah I mean, I don’t disagree. I was just taken aback that they mentioned “natural scientists”