Lessons in Woke "Science": Covid-19 and Climate

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Lessons in Woke "Science": Covid-19 and Climate

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View this email in your browser Manhattan Contrarian Excerpts: Lessons in Woke "Science": Covid-19 and Climate * Over time, I have had many posts on the scientific method, most recently in January 2021 here. You posit a falsifiable hypothesis. Then you collect and examine the evidence. If the evidence contradicts your hypothesis, you must abandon it and move on. Really, that's the whole thing. * Then there is woke "science," most visible these days in the arenas of response to the Covid-19 virus and of climate change. Here the principles are a little different. * In woke "science" there is no falsifiable hypothesis. In place of that, we have the official, orthodox consensus view. The official, orthodox consensus view has been arrived at by all the smartest people, because it just seems like it must be right. The official, orthodox consensus view must not be contradicted, particularly by the little people like you. Based on the official, orthodox consensus view, those in power can take away all your freedom (Covid) and/or transform the entire economy (climate). After all, it's the "science." * But what if evidence seems to contradict the official, orthodox consensus view? I'm sorry, but as I said the official, orthodox consensus view must not be contradicted. * Today's news brings a couple of extreme examples of that, one on the virus front, and the other relating to climate.   Read on » More from the Manhattan Contrarian