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I guess. This is a coincidence? I'm on a full time science diet though so no it’s not.
I guess. This is a coincidence? I'm on a full time science diet though so no it’s not.
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"They are! I heard they got a 14 inch toy and they've also experimented with the San Francisco Science Fair"
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by bakeddeepfriedbeans January 23, 2024
Get the San Francisco Science Fair mug.The problem of motivation, not method. Both can use data, jargon, and peer review (see creation "science"). The core difference might be the attitude toward evidence: science seeks to test and potentially disprove its ideas; pseudoscience seeks to defend a preordained conclusion. The hard problem is that this is a psychological distinction about the practitioners, not a methodological one. You can't look at a paper and always tell. A bad scientist (cherry-picking data) is using pseudoscientific tactics, while a clever pseudoscientist can mimic the form of science perfectly. The line is blurred because it's about internal intent, which is invisible.
Example: Flat Earthers run experiments (lasers over water) they claim prove no curvature. Scientists point out flawed methodology. The Flat Earthers dismiss it as part of the conspiracy. The hard problem: Their process looks scientific—hypothesis, test, observation. The breakdown is their refusal to accept counter-evidence as valid. But who decides what "valid" counter-evidence is? The scientific community. So, in practice, science is defined by social consensus of what counts as proper evidence, not by a pure, objective rulebook. Pseudoscience is simply what that consensus excludes. Hard Problem of Science & Pseudoscience.
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Example: Two scientists from rival labs, one funded by a corporation, the other by a government grant, both deeply ambitious and prone to confirmation bias, run the same experiment on a new drug. Through a process of mutual criticism, replication attempts, statistical scrutiny, and raw competition, their flawed human efforts converge on a reliable, reproducible result about molecular interactions. The hard problem: How did the truth emerge from that morass of ego and institutional noise? It’s like a hundred painters, all colorblind and trying to sabotage each other’s canvases, somehow collectively producing a photographically perfect landscape. Hard Problem of Science.
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