Have people stopped trusting science? The data tell a surprising story

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01977-9

by PaulHoule • 14 days ago

3 2 14 days ago

And so it tickles me to think about Paganism as a gateway drug to "Scientism"[0]. Because unlike some organized religion whose elites do not yell loud enough that "science & engineering do not rival God!" even if they routinely think that in their reading rooms.

I liked your use of QR but how would you know if a large segment of potential converts have been primed to feel of them as marks of the Beast?

(Aside: recent k-drama with a "gen Z" protag

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale_of_the_Nine_Tailed_1938)

The other direction this could go is "science-comms-design". Staffed by ex-hard-scientists, not philo types. You with it bro? That is one rare place where... (do I still belong to the motherly-mid cult of unrequited rivalry with "aristocracy-friendly" Hahvahd+Stanfohd?)

...I am onboard with Musk's admin..

Hesitantly I predict 48851412 will get >30 uvotes if it's struck (to be blamed on folks who mistakenly self diagnose with ADHD/autism, ofc)

[0] quotes here mean I haven't thought about whether I am fully on board with Grothendieck's framing/denunciation

gus_massa• 12 days ago

But I stopped trusting press release from the universities. I go directly to the research paper.

Have people stopped trusting science? The data tell a surprising story

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