Originally posted by TheLurch
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Yeah, it really is when it gets to the point of "i refuse to believe anything done by anyone."
In the Enlightenment praise of empiricism, a main selling feature was the ability to try and see for yourself, as opposed to having to rely on an authority. I recall reading that Feynman was a big advocate of replicating experiments, and that a failure to do so causes serious dysfunctions in science.
One can argue that seeing for yourself has limits. But that gets into a broader discussion of the limits of empirical science. And those who examine or talk about the limits of empirical science often get accused of being anti-science, though I'd say it's really anti-scientism.
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