These practices convince people that even so much as questioning “science” is tantamount to being an idiot.
It is more specific than that: It is to convince people that even so much as questioning WHAT WE SAY "SCIENCE" IS ... is tantamount to being an idiot.
But what they say science is is not science. Science is a PROCESS of following the Scientific Method. Nothing more, nothing less.
The goal as we understand through the political prism is propaganda ...
Exactly. Believe what we say ONLY because we say it. That is propaganda.
The Scientific Method is a PROCESS of THINKING.
Likewise, ALL critical thinking is a process of thinking. We must follow the Rules of Logic, laid down first by Aristotle, and added by others.
The Law of Idenity: A is A. A thing is what it is and not something else. Any thing in reality has specific characteristics, and does not have other characteristics.
Reality is objective, not subjective. It is the same for everyone. Different people have different experiences and different perspectives and different preferences, but reality itself exists independent of any individual, and is objective for all.
Reality does not include contradictions: Understand what logical fallacies are, and recognize them as contradictions.
It is more specific than that: It is to convince people that even so much as questioning WHAT WE SAY "SCIENCE" IS ... is tantamount to being an idiot.
But what they say science is is not science. Science is a PROCESS of following the Scientific Method. Nothing more, nothing less.
Exactly. Believe what we say ONLY because we say it. That is propaganda.
The Scientific Method is a PROCESS of THINKING.
Likewise, ALL critical thinking is a process of thinking. We must follow the Rules of Logic, laid down first by Aristotle, and added by others.
The Law of Idenity: A is A. A thing is what it is and not something else. Any thing in reality has specific characteristics, and does not have other characteristics.
Reality is objective, not subjective. It is the same for everyone. Different people have different experiences and different perspectives and different preferences, but reality itself exists independent of any individual, and is objective for all.
Reality does not include contradictions: Understand what logical fallacies are, and recognize them as contradictions.