On some days it’s nice to have a comic to change perspective or perception. Other times its nice to hear (read?) comic artists stepping out.
I’ve been tossing around believing science lately. Scott Adam’s Blog post Science’s Biggest Fail. Spoiler alert: if you didn’t take that link out of here, Mr. Adam’s nominates all the science associated to diet and fitness. Maybe he said the lack of science . . .
He has some ideas about a Mother Jones article with a headline saying americans and scientists aren’t usually in-sync with one another. Some percentages are shown for some questions on biomedical, climate, energy, and space sciences.
I don’t think I got what Mr. Adam’s was pointing out, but neither did I get the chart from the AAAS scientist’s survey. It seemed funny to me. I’m not aligned with anything, maybe. If you’re not a scientist, why would your opinions be the same. A scientist might not even be called a scientist anymore. A scientist may jump from a one word description to a two word description like “food designer” or “genetic engineer.” It’s all good for the scientist, food designer, or genetic engineer. I might be a little foggy, as part of my title has changed to celiac.
Scientists, science experts, by any name, doctor or what have you, either have your trust or your distrust. The survey mentioned in the Mother Jones article is from the PEW research center, so we believe the survey ( “of U.S. Adults” ). Or do we believe it? Are you a U.S. Adult? Did you take the survey? Doubtful anyone writing or reading here would have been involved with that survey. Many of us disagree with scientists simply because they are more readily apt to complete the survey. Why? It’s their survey? On the one-hand there’s belief and trust, and on the other hand there’s disbelief and distrust.