▲ 840 ▼ James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe (www.livescience.com) submitted 2 years ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/news@lemmy.world 298 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's always funny to me when people bring up how science was wrong in the past, as evidence for why we shouldn't trust it now. You know what replaced the bad science? Good science. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Or rather, we replace the bad science with the best explanations we can offer, right now. I'll take the plumb pudding model over "deity did it, stop asking questions" any day, because you can still do something useful with it. Doesn't even matter if our understanding is wrong and will be updated later. Science is the best philosophy 💪 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zozano@lemy.lol 5 points 2 years ago I've always liked the adage: science doesn't tell us what's true, only what isn't. We don't know the best way to treat cancer, but we know leeches don't work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Or rather, we replace the bad science with the best explanations we can offer, right now. I'll take the plumb pudding model over "deity did it, stop asking questions" any day, because you can still do something useful with it. Doesn't even matter if our understanding is wrong and will be updated later. Science is the best philosophy 💪 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zozano@lemy.lol 5 points 2 years ago I've always liked the adage: science doesn't tell us what's true, only what isn't. We don't know the best way to treat cancer, but we know leeches don't work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 5 points 2 years ago I've always liked the adage: science doesn't tell us what's true, only what isn't. We don't know the best way to treat cancer, but we know leeches don't work. permalink fedilink source parent