Culture
Why Are People Doing Scientific Studies On Obvious, Common Sense Stuff?
As much as I love staying up-to-date on thought-provoking research, lately I’ve been bored to death by the sheer volume of unsurprising, predictable data being presented to us as groundbreaking science. Frankly, this faux newsworthiness wouldn’t be so commonplace if our culture didn’t stoop so low and constantly deny reality and objective truth.
By Andrea Mew4 min read
If we learned anything after the cultural moment that was Covid-19, it’s that we’re all supposed to indubitably “trust the science.” This dogmatic mantra that was drilled into our heads reinforces the notion that information passed down to us from fallible experts cannot be questioned.