[FRIAM] Science Commits Suicide (yes, another trolling headline)

[David Eric Smith]

Dave,

> On May 30, 2020, at 12:32 AM, Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> Science suffers from a similar problem. Making assertions as if they were unalloyed accurate and True Facts when they know that the models, the assumptions, the data (lack of) generate more ambiguity and conclude little more than probabilities. And they constantly change. But Science remains unable to admit to error or ambiguity — generating a facade that is just as false as the "We are always in the right" facade of police departments.

That’s a lot of bullshit.

It is a general claim about the actions of an encompassing set of people.  I have a large set of people against whom I can test that claim, and it is about as opposite from factual accuracy as I know how to get in the world of human behavior.

You are, of course, free to believe whatever serves your own needs, and I continue to support your right to do it unmolested.  You are even free to troll up to whatever limits the board moderators consider appropriate, and I can’t imagine the above comes anywhere near infringing on a limit of decency.

However, if you are trolling in a public place, it is reasonable for someone else to flag the trolling as bullshit.

Eric