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<blockquote data-quote="Mishihari Lord" data-source="post: 6642490" data-attributes="member: 128">Scientific &quot;fact&quot; should be poked at.&nbsp; Just because someone does some work or claims they're an expert doesn't make them omniscient.&nbsp; Frex, we've been taught for the last 30? 40? years that eating eggs is unhealthy because of the cholesterol.&nbsp; Guess what, just kidding!&nbsp; The latest study shows that's not true at all.&nbsp; There's an idea that should have been poked at a lot earlier.&nbsp; That's what you get for blind faith in the experts.When you get an insider's view of how scientific facts are made it's different than what the public thinks.&nbsp; Sure there are facts and experiments.&nbsp; There's also politics, personalities, rivalries, social dynamics, obfuscations, and sometimes (rarely) downright lies.&nbsp; Leading views and direction of research are sometimes determined more by who has the biggest reputation than who has the best data.&nbsp; The process is pretty good overall, and we do generally come up with results we can trust, but it's tough to tell when it's done, and blind faith in the results is never a good idea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mishihari Lord, post: 6642490, member: 128"] Scientific "fact" should be poked at. Just because someone does some work or claims they're an expert doesn't make them omniscient. Frex, we've been taught for the last 30? 40? years that eating eggs is unhealthy because of the cholesterol. Guess what, just kidding! The latest study shows that's not true at all. There's an idea that should have been poked at a lot earlier. That's what you get for blind faith in the experts. When you get an insider's view of how scientific facts are made it's different than what the public thinks. Sure there are facts and experiments. There's also politics, personalities, rivalries, social dynamics, obfuscations, and sometimes (rarely) downright lies. Leading views and direction of research are sometimes determined more by who has the biggest reputation than who has the best data. The process is pretty good overall, and we do generally come up with results we can trust, but it's tough to tell when it's done, and blind faith in the results is never a good idea. [/QUOTE]

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