Copyright 2022 Robert Clark One of the oddest aspects of this pandemic is that scientists seem to have forgotten the idea that the minority views need to be heard as well as the majority. The general public knows about Galileo and knows sometimes the minority view turns out to be the correct one. But the public seems to have forgotten that this principle still can apply now. So the public seems to have gotten the idea that since the majority of scientists have one view on the pandemic, that means that the majority view MUST be right.
Loss of the Culture of Science
Loss of the Culture of Science
Loss of the Culture of Science
Copyright 2022 Robert Clark One of the oddest aspects of this pandemic is that scientists seem to have forgotten the idea that the minority views need to be heard as well as the majority. The general public knows about Galileo and knows sometimes the minority view turns out to be the correct one. But the public seems to have forgotten that this principle still can apply now. So the public seems to have gotten the idea that since the majority of scientists have one view on the pandemic, that means that the majority view MUST be right.