I can see this being a thing, and have ideas about contributing factors (eg. Social media, age of misinformation…etc). But I also would (preemptively) argue that this is likely heavily weighted towards social facts, and not hard scientific truths.
Scientific truths change over time too. Science isn’t exact, it’s always our best guess.
That isn’t even getting into how every scientific confirmation creates countless new questions and hypothesis. With each confirmation our NET understanding of reality actually decreases
You’re not wrong, but thats the kind of statement that leads people to doubt science. Scientists are definitely understanding more and more about how the world works. They are not becoming more and more uncertain. Its just that the more we understand, the more avenues for research we open up. We discover new unknowns to explore.
I know I’m restating what you said, but my family legit thinks that scientists all disagree with each other and aren’t sure about anything. And that mentality seems to be getting more common. Its not good.
Do go on 🤔
I can see this being a thing, and have ideas about contributing factors (eg. Social media, age of misinformation…etc). But I also would (preemptively) argue that this is likely heavily weighted towards social facts, and not hard scientific truths.
Scientific truths change over time too. Science isn’t exact, it’s always our best guess.
That isn’t even getting into how every scientific confirmation creates countless new questions and hypothesis. With each confirmation our NET understanding of reality actually decreases
You’re not wrong, but thats the kind of statement that leads people to doubt science. Scientists are definitely understanding more and more about how the world works. They are not becoming more and more uncertain. Its just that the more we understand, the more avenues for research we open up. We discover new unknowns to explore.
I know I’m restating what you said, but my family legit thinks that scientists all disagree with each other and aren’t sure about anything. And that mentality seems to be getting more common. Its not good.