Science and Antiscience

[rhye]

I often feel that I am fighting in a war. And probably losing. Anti-science is everywhere. In our culture, pseudoscience is more powerful than science. It has no burden of proof and can change to fit the whims of public opinion. By comparison, science is rigid, constrained by facts and evidence, unable to be influenced by the desires of people.

Comments

[jamie_love13]

I wasn't a big science nut when I was in school. Okay, no, that's a lie. A huge lie. Let me rephrase that. I wasn't a big science nut in high school, when compared to elementary/middle school. I like knowing things based on reality, and to me, science in high school didn't seem like that (other than pheno/genotypes). And because I didn't really like science in HS, I kind of tuned it out. Which, admittedly, I regret.

/my two cents. which, admittedly, doesn't include much

[becoming_rachel]

I've admittedly never had a mind for science (I was terrible at it in high school, which is as far as I went with it), but I do find many scientific concepts fascinating.

I don't know if students that won't think outside the box are teachable in that way. You can teach them what you know, and what science has to offer, but if they refuse to believe it, it just won't go anywhere. Part of being a student is supposed to mean that you open your mind, but many students seem to want it slammed shut.

[ragnarok_08]

I'm not a huge science nut, even if I got good grades in the subject in high school, but I totally understand people just taking pseudoscience as the be all end all, which it isn't.

I like knowing things based from reality and other than me and another kid, most students I had the misfortune of spending an extended amount of time with couldn't care less than science and that's really sad :/

[awakenyourfaith]

I've never had the mind for science myself, but science informs and explains how we are. Things grounded in reality do make sense.

[dance_the_dance]

I agree with this post so much. SO MUCH.

the random arrangement of stars in our sky tells you everything about who you are and what will happen to you on a daily basis for your entire life
Gah. The fact that anyone would believe in astrology just makes me rant. And I was actually told that I'm intolerant when someone asked me what my sign was and I replied that I don't believe in nonsense. But if I don't believe in nonsense, why would I have to sugarcoat it? :]