Sheril KirshenbaumScience isn’t “truth.” It isn’t simply a series of facts.
Science is an iterative process. We continue to test hypotheses & refine ideas.
Science is always changing as we learn more.
Kevin in AlaskaI always liked Helen Longino’s argument that “science is social knowledge.” It’s a process of knowledge building that reflects the collective efforts of a community.
Science is always changing as we learn more *and* as we include more people in the community of scientists.
Barry Goldman@feelnotes @Sheril @lisamelton "always changing" but not changing THAT MUCH. i.e. it doesn't keep flipping back and forth.
it changes by, largely, expanding to more phenomena, and making DEEPER AND DEEPER connections between various observations, subfields and theories.
it's not chaos!
not about TRUTH but the goal is something like ~80% 95% etc.. agreement!
@barrygoldman1 @Sheril @lisamelton
Not sure what you mean by “flipping back and forth”…?
iwein@feelnotes @barrygoldman1 @Sheril @lisamelton flipping as in: "ooops we got astrophysics wrong"
There's charlatans pretending to be scientists. #flatearth #climatedenial
@feelnotes @Sheril @lisamelton i'll have to think about the difference between:
einstein ammends newtonian gravity
vs
oxidation totally flips idea of phologiston inside out.
i think most theories get amended, enhanced rather than totally debunked as wrong.
politics, fashion... art...theology philosophy flip back and forth and all over.