• @[email protected]OP
    2•1 year ago

    Ooh look the monkeys like that one. Funny bees!

    Think of them as 2 methods for determining policy. Sorry for the confusion.

    • Hegar
      24•1 year ago

      Think of them as 2 methods for determining policy

      They’re not though.

      Democracy is a strategy some states use to achieve legitimacy in the eyes of the populace. Science is a method for producing knowledge.

      Policy is determined by the financial interests of our elites, our global imperial interests, and the form of our bureaucratic institutions.

      Democracy, science and policy are three very distinct domains.

    • livus
      6•1 year ago

      @spiderwort could you give me some concrete examples. I can see it with a few things but not others. How does science determine:

      • abortion laws

      • your nation’s stance on Israel

      • marriage’s effect on taxes

      • individual custody disputes

      • animal cruelty laws

        • livus
          8•1 year ago

          I’m trying to keep an open mind here but so far, you’re being too vague to be persuasive.

          Observe what exactly?

          Model what?

          Propose what kind of policies based on what assumptions and which goals?

          Obviously I know what science is. I just don’t see how it applies here.

          Observe what exactly? If you’re designing an experiment you know what results you’re interested in and what implications the research has.

          Seriously, pick one thing from my list above and talk me through how you would use pure science to formulate policy?