Since when is pre-judging the validity or importance of a subject—in the spirit of “it’s obviously nonsense so why even bother studying it?”—considered a “scientific” stance to take? It’s dogmatic comments like these that sadly lead many non-scientists to have a less than favorable view on the seeming “objectivity” of the field and its researchers.
Since when is pre-judging the validity or importance of a subject—in the spirit of “it’s obviously nonsense so why even bother studying it?”—considered a “scientific” stance to take? It’s dogmatic comments like these that sadly lead many non-scientists to have a less than favorable view on the seeming “objectivity” of the field and its researchers.