This thought experiment is very interesting from a philosophical point of view. What the pandemic had taught us is to follow the science but to question the science every step of the way. By not doing so we are prone to take shortcuts around the scientific method into the realm of blind faith.
Thanks Meredith! Yes! Being skeptical is such an important part of Science. The challenge arises when we need to interrogate an idea we aren’t an expert in. It’s important not to fool ourselves, which is why I keep the mantra “don’t take yourself too seriously” close to heart.
It looks like here too, the Substack App has failed to render some of the LaTeX diagrams. I’ll upload them as images soon. Meanwhile it should be clear using the web browser.
This thought experiment is very interesting from a philosophical point of view. What the pandemic had taught us is to follow the science but to question the science every step of the way. By not doing so we are prone to take shortcuts around the scientific method into the realm of blind faith.
Thanks Meredith! Yes! Being skeptical is such an important part of Science. The challenge arises when we need to interrogate an idea we aren’t an expert in. It’s important not to fool ourselves, which is why I keep the mantra “don’t take yourself too seriously” close to heart.
It looks like here too, the Substack App has failed to render some of the LaTeX diagrams. I’ll upload them as images soon. Meanwhile it should be clear using the web browser.
Okay this issue should now be resolved.