One other question, not included as part of the scale, asked survey respondents which of two statements best describes the scientific method: That it produces findings meant to be continually tested and updated over time, or that it identifies unchanging core principles and truths. Two-thirds of Americans (67%) say the scientific method is designed to be iterative, producing findings that are continually tested and updated, while 15% say the method produces unchanging core principles and truths, and 17% say they are not surePew astonishingly treats the iterative answer as correct, and I'm even more astonished that 2/3 of Americans ALSO treat it as correct. We are CONSTANTLY BOMBARDED with the unchanging core principles answer. Exactly 100.000000000000000000000% of all public discussion of "science" instructs us VIOLENTLY AND LETHALLY that theories are absolute facts. When official "science" reaches a conclusion, it is DEFINITIVE AND FINAL AND ETERNALLY UNCHANGING, and anyone who doubts even the tiniest picopicofragment of ABSOLUTE TRUTH must be sent to the ovens NOW.
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