I’m in a class where we talk about science a lot. The subjective nature of science, the links between societal norms and scientific beliefs, etc. etc. But there’s a lot of self-described scientists in that class who just

do not

want to understand science as anything more than PERFECTLY RATIONAL and OBJECTIVE FALSIFICATIONISM and EMPIRICISM and all that

I bet none of these people have had their very existence doubted and debated by science.

It makes me laugh and simultaneously frustrates me so much. Let’s talk about who gets to define “evidence” and “reason” and “fact”; maybe then the discussions in this class will actually be interesting.

- Thomas