In Science We Trust

[lukethethird]

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

My guess is that this holds true for atheists everywhere. No?

 

[Lain]

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

My guess is that this holds true for atheists everywhere. No?

I'd guess so as well.

 

[Polymath257]

I'd guess this to be true.

I'd be interested in the case of religious people being anti-vax. how does it correlate to the specific religion?

 

[Valjean]

Perhaps atheists are just more eusocial than the more tribal, religious communities.

 

[Mishmash]

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

My guess is that this holds true for atheists everywhere. No?

Needles push your own flesh into blood stream

 

[viole]

do you know that some of scientific phenomenons are proved in religion books before any scientific person proved it

Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

same with making random claims. Multiplied by the thousands of religions. Chances are that some would be close to the truth.

ciao

- viole

 

[Valjean]

Needles push your own flesh into blood stream

LOL! This is your primary concern?

How about blades that slice cleanly through flesh? Look closely at the tip of a hypodermic needle.

 

[Valjean]

do you know that some of scientific phenomenons are proved in religion books before any scientific person proved it

Proved? -- or claimed?
I didn't think religion was a research or testing modality.

 

[exchemist]

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

My guess is that this holds true for atheists everywhere. No?

It's also true of religious believers in most countries, I think.

And I don't think Jeremy Corbyn is a religious believer, somehow.

 

[ChristineM]

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

My guess is that this holds true for atheists everywhere. No?

It's also true of the majority od religious folk. However those religious folk who are anti vax are extremely voluable

 

[icehorse]

In the post-apocalypse world, I want to hang out with people who trust in math and logic and science.

 

[Augustus]

, I want to hang out with people who trust in math and logic and science

The woke social scientists pushing implicit bias tests and the like no doubt.

Trust the science!

 

[Sheldon]

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

My guess is that this holds true for atheists everywhere. No?

Scientism... I'm guessing those who think others have an excessive belief in the power of science, won't overplay their hand by denying themselves access to a vaccine, given it means they then have a 1 in 10 chance of becoming critically ill, and possibly dying in a global pandemic, though many of course are more than stupid enough to do just that.

I wonder how many creationists will have the integrity to deny that a virus can have evolved?

 

[Sheldon]

In the post-apocalypse world, I want to hang out with people who trust in math and logic and science.

Oh, I'm not going to wait for that....

 

[Sheldon]

The woke social scientists pushing implicit bias tests and the like no doubt.

Trust the science!

Did you not get vaccinated then?

 

[Wandering Monk]

do you know that some of scientific phenomenons are proved in religion books before any scientific person proved it

Bovine scatology.

 

[Augustus]

Did you not get vaccinated then?

You misunderstand. It was a) a joke to @icehorse about his noted dislike of wokery b) me poking fun at statements like 'trust the science' which I find to be very silly indeed given the massive variety in the accuracy and utility of the different sciences.

Saying "trust the science" is about the most unscientific attitude I can imagine. In some fields published research replicates at below 50%, and significant amounts of published science is impacted by poor methodology, personal bias, deliberate manipulation, etc.

People should recognise both the value and weaknesses of the sciences and be as critical with scientific findings as they would with any other area of knowledge.

Do you agree?

If it matters, I have been vaccinated 3 times against covid (2 AZ, 1 Pfizer), although I currently have myocarditis (inflammation of the heart) as a result of the booster. This is acknowledged as a side-effect with 'unknown' probability so it was a risk I chose to take.

 

[Altfish]

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

Survey shows that US atheists are overwhelmingly pro-vax

My guess is that this holds true for atheists everywhere. No?

Indeed, and why wouldn't they be?

 

[Sheldon]

do you know that some of scientific phenomenons are proved in religion books before any scientific person proved it

Phenomena, and that claim will need to be properly evidenced, as I am highly dubious. Though even were it the case, the fact humans are capable of profundity, even when motivated by vapid superstition, doesn't validated anything else.

 

[Sheldon]

Saying "trust the science" is about the most unscientific attitude I can imagine. In some fields published research replicates at below 50%, and significant amounts of published science is impacted by poor methodology, personal bias, deliberate manipulation, etc.

How do we know these facts?

It seems you are misrepresenting the phrase "trust science" as trust anything said in the name of science, rather than trusting the method. The method that undoubtedly gave you those facts you just used. No one said trust shoddy pseudoscience or bias, did they? To be fair...