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Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!feeds.news.ox.ac.uk!news.ox.ac.uk!earthli!nntp.terraraq.uk!news1.firedrake.org!news.xcski.com!news.eyrie.org!beagle.ediacara.org!.POSTED.beagle.ediacara.org!not-for-mail From: RonO <rokimoto@cox.net> Newsgroups: talk.origins Subject: Re: Hossenfelder and pseudoskeptics Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 18:17:50 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 64 Sender: to%beagle.ediacara.org Approved: moderator@beagle.ediacara.org Message-ID: <v1boeu$2r6l1$1@dont-email.me> References: <kjng3jd79buhf4jtjtagb5cthcodcg3h54@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: beagle.ediacara.org; posting-host="beagle.ediacara.org:3.132.105.89"; logging-data="7930"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@beagle.ediacara.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird To: talk-origins@moderators.isc.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:MSHvzjxiLqDth/WzK7R70lXEKLc= Return-Path: <news@eternal-september.org> X-Original-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org Delivered-To: talk-origins@ediacara.org id CA39D229786; Mon, 06 May 2024 19:17:52 -0400 (EDT) by beagle.ediacara.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF0FE229767 for <talk-origins@ediacara.org>; Mon, 06 May 2024 19:17:50 -0400 (EDT) id BB2A97D11E; Mon, 6 May 2024 23:17:52 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: talk-origins@moderators.isc.org by mod-relay.zaccari.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C3157D009 for <talk-origins@moderators.isc.org>; Mon, 6 May 2024 23:17:52 +0000 (UTC) id C349CDC01A9; Tue, 7 May 2024 01:17:50 +0200 (CEST) X-Injection-Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 01:17:50 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <kjng3jd79buhf4jtjtagb5cthcodcg3h54@4ax.com> X-Auth-Sender: U2FsdGVkX1+bxvIMGurcTBVlZWo/9btaPE26MhqKZdQ= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4650 On 5/5/2024 11:39 PM, jillery wrote: > The following link is to an 8-minute Youtube video of Sabine > Hossenfelder expressing her concerns about flat-earthers aka > flearthers: > > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW6hgOc3wuI> > ************************************ > @1:04 > But it's not just a matter of misunderstanding. If you believe that > the Earth is flat you also have to believe in a global conspiracy > that's hiding the truth for no particular reason. > > @3:04 > To me flat earthers are the first symptom of a much bigger problem. > They show us what happens when people realize they can't understand > modern science, don't trust scientists, and therefore throw out even > the most basic scientific knowledge on the rationale of skepticism. > ************************************* > > The above is similar to my concerns about pseudoskeptics generally, > while Sabine excuses those who don't do science themselves: > > ********************************** > @3:23 > Flat earthers are somewhat extreme in that they're actually throwing > out evidence that they could test themselves if they weren't so bad at > science. But the underlying problem is much deeper because in most of > modern science the average person can't test evidence for themselves. > ********************************** > > While I agree doing "modern science" is beyond the financial and > logistical resources of the average person, I disagree that's an > appropriate test. Just as people don't need to be an automotive > engineer to understand and appreciate the merits of good automotive > design, they also don't need to be professional scientists in order to > understand and appreciate the evidence on which scientific theories > are based. > > When Sabine says she doesn't understand how CRISPR works, I have no > doubt she doesn't understand every jot and tittle about it any more > than I do, but she doesn't have to be able to peer review articles > about CRISPR in order to grok the method's veracity and the basic > concepts about it. > > My experience is all pseudoskeptics, not just flat-earthers, not just > scientific pseudoskeptics, but all those who reject material evidence > and accept made-up facts without question, are symptomatic of a > failure in education, and equally pose clear and present dangers to > modern society. > > -- > To know less than we don't know is the nature of most knowledge > https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/from-a-million-miles-away-nasa-camera-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth/ They probably have to think that the moon landings were faked. https://explorer1.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/earth-from-space/#gallery-9 https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/apollo-8-earthrise/ Ron Okimoto