[HN Gopher] The Transformations of Science
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       The Transformations of Science
        
       Author : solvent
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2023-09-01 18:14 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | twic wrote:
       | This article is about the relationship between the state and
       | scientific authority during the pandemic, but a notable omission
       | is that it's purely about the relationship between the state and
       | scientific authority during the pandemic _in the United States_.
       | As far as I know, in developed countries, scientific authority
       | functioned as usual, and pretty effectively. That seems like an
       | important contrast to consider.
        
       | robertk wrote:
       | Just a note that this is by Geoff Anders from Leverage Research,
       | an organization historically plagued with some controversy in the
       | level of psychological experimentation it is willing to perform
       | on its members:
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       | https://medium.com/@zoecurzi/my-experience-with-leverage-res...
        
         | thrwjud wrote:
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       | ProjectArcturis wrote:
       | I find it surprising that the author credits William Whewell for
       | coining the term "scientist", without mentioning the polymath
       | Mary Somerville whom he was describing. Her research spanned
       | mathematics, astronomy, geology, chemistry, and physics, such
       | that simply calling her a physicist was insufficient.
        
       | yldedly wrote:
       | It seems that what's really needed is a formalization of the
       | uncertainty of scientific claims, which I'm not sure is even
       | possible to implement fully. But it's perhaps possible to
       | schematize the relevant information - a database of who did what
       | experiment, what the current hypotheses are, and which ones
       | scientist believe the evidence favors, like a prediction market.
       | Besides being a valuable tool for science, it would serve as a
       | way of assigning appropriate levels authority.
        
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