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The best article I have read about the issues with science. And it doesn't even mention the replication crisis!

I think the article is very "colorful". It does address a real problem though. If public officials want to nudge people towards a behavior, we will get a respective study that supports it. We see this with diversity in the field of economics or in countless studies about climate change.

Another problem here is that you can turn something that is true into a lie. And people in opposition suddenly have an excuse to reject any findings. Science gets a bad reputation too which can have severe consequences.

We should explicitly separate "science" as an institution and science as " personal mode of inquiry about natural world" (both commenters done that properly but implicitly). Clearly science as institution is on trial here (deservedly so).

Any ideas how to go from here and in which direction, and who should make/implement that decision?

If you thought that article was a good takedown of "science", then I'm sure you'll also like this one: https://timecube.2enp.com/

Down with science!!

I'll take a read.

I'm not a science hater at all - I love science and try to live the scientific method - its personal to me.

What I can't stand the hypocrisy in misappropriating something good by wrapping up propaganda/sales pitches as if it was science.

There is no such thing as 'the science', it is never settled - it always possible to uncover more. Using science as a cover to close down divergent opinions is perverse.

Let's burn down the CDC so this never happens again! /s

It's such a shame that funding and publication bias do not seem to be a concern for many and is even treated as taboo. Scientism is an organized religion at this point.

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