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Originally Posted by beyelzu
... Generally the people questioning science are like creationists questioning evolution. |
Quite. Just as "Buy a cake" is the most anti-baking thing you can say. You will never bake any cakes if all you do is go out and buy them. But it isn't the most anti-cake thing. Quite the opposite.
IOW the flaw in the implicit argument is the hidden premise that "Trust the science" is advice intended for scientists doing their science.