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Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 1 month agoI feel like there’s a term for that sort of thinking…
Comment on You cannot learn without failing.
Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 1 month agoI feel like there’s a term for that sort of thinking…
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
No True Scotsman? That could be true if the image is merely descriptive of our messy reality.
I see the image as including a prescriptive message that states an ethical ideal: a real scientist should welcome their findings challenged, even refuted. Science excels by dispelling falsehoods. That seems right.
in b4 “if by whiskey” 😄