A bit of an oldie, but still pertinent.

  • dustyb0tt0mz@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    incorrect. science is a method to measure reality and come to conclusions based on fact. it has no bias.

    • Chakravanti@monero.town
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      18 hours ago

      No, not as you say but as he does, yes. Science was funded and motivated in the supply for such. Doesn’t matter how much science was done or by whom. Ask the Crow.

      Your being correct in your statement doesn’t counter his.

    • satans_methpipe@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      I was being smarmy. Science attracts funding and public interest when it’s used to manufacture war materials (munitions, guidance, etc.)

      • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
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        13 hours ago

        Under capitalism, yes. Capitalism severely undervalues anything that is not immediately exploitable by rich assholes.