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[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 64 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Science is a liar... sometimes.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 11 months ago

Stupid science bitches couldn't even make I more smarter.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 30 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'm not really familiar with what you're referring to, but also, science is a philosophy. It's a method of finding truth.

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago (4 children)

https://xkcd.com/435/

Like this, but just to the right of the mathematician is the philosopher.

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 129 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Perfection.

[–] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago

I like this one

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 11 months ago

The nihilists should probably be represented by Black Hat...

This guy.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This was one of the (smaller) things that put me off the idea of getting my Masters in biology. It was a very real thing in the college of science at my university.

Though it was slightly different at the top for us. Mathematicians, astrophysicists, other theoretical physicists, and experimental physicists where all top of the college, but then they sub-layered themselves in that order. In the bio department Microbiologists were the top rank. But in our case it was because the Micro department held a couple patents that brought in big money.

[–] nikita@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Its all about money at the end of the day. For instance, the uni I attended is shutting down its entomology programme while continuing to pump large amounts of money into cell bio.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

My university really liked to tout its Carnegie 1 classification to bring in donor money, then instead of using that money to fund the research needed to maintain it they'd use it to pay off debts for athletics.

[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago
[–] anarchist@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would put philosophy in leftmost

[–] nikita@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I would loop it with math going to philosophy going to sociology (with a bunch of things in between).

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Science is just rebranded natural philosophy

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cars are just rebranded horseless carriages.

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Sofas are just rebranded comfy benches

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I am a meat popsicle.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Really just likes of sand. Or possibly rocks or logs.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 5 points 11 months ago

I think it's likely a reference to this video.

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As a philosophy grad, I appreciate this =) But philosophy gained a heap from Science too (probably more than v..v.) , so it's all good. It strikes me as natural that Science will time to time have to engage in Philosophy when it considers its assumptions.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 points 11 months ago

2 sides, same coin.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Remember, anything you "know" can be easily washed away with new information.

[–] bassad@jlai.lu 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know that I know nothing.

Is the motto since 2500 years, right? Right?

[–] RealPuyo@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I don't know!

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Funnily enough, the fact that anything you "know" can be easily washed away with new information is an exception.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I mean unless you somehow became omnipotent.