Comment on Always guard against living in the world of fantasy rather than undeniable facts
Genius@lemmy.zip 4 weeks agoObjective in the second way means that people performing the same actions will get the same results regardless of cultural or personal biases.
I guarantee you that if a Christian and an atheist are given the same prayer healing treatment, the Christian will see a stronger placebo effect. Try the same experiment on the efficacy of faith healing in Afghanistan and in Sweden, you’ll get different results.
Belgdore@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
But the data will be the same regardless of who is conducting the experiment. Changing the population that you conduct the experiment on is changing variables. Interpretation of the data may change depending on whether the experimenter is athiest or Christian.
Genius@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The point of science isn’t to produce data. It’s to produce conclusions. The conclusions will be different.
Belgdore@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
No the point of science is to test theories. Data can confirm or de confirm a theory. So, part of science is data collection. In fact, the data colllection is the most important part, otherwise it’s just theory and philosophizing.
Genius@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Data is nothing without context.