Re: "Scientists Say" blather
Reply #152 –
Oh, I mind about science a lot! But where I think contemporary science has gone wrong is not the topic here… The topic is how people accept or reject media reports of "scientific" findings.
The various incontrovertible results that show our modern peer-review system to be inadequate won't likely change the levels of credulity, or acuity — on the part of the general public or of public officials.
And there are no proscriptions that can be imposed, no prescriptions that will be followed, that will correct the deficiencies of the current system.
(Psychological studies of "mediated reasoning" would be useful, except they're mostly -at least, in terms of publicity!- conducted by folk whose bias is blatant… You yourself, ersi, have some expertise in the methodologies used: What do you think of, say, Lewandowsky's papers?)
Since you only thought to comment about my abilities of perception, I thought I'd return the favor… But, seriously: Shouldn't such an indictment of the current peer-review system (…I repeated all those extra words, for those whose memories are extremely short…) obviate any argument that relies on "consensus"?