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Just because history of science is about science doesn’t mean it’s science itself.Science describes studying nature of the universe. 2601:600:C881:6C10:BC2B:559A:3F41:1961 (talk) 06:01, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
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Change definition of science to the pursuit, acquisition, dissemination, and application of novel knowledge.
[1] Knowledgeandexpression (talk) 00:21, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
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There should be an image at the top of this page. It need not represent all of "science", because an image can't, but it can make the page look better. But take a look at the pages for Religion, or Philosophy, or Language. Can we pick a good image for this page? In my opinion something ancient would be best, because it demonstrates how science has existed for millennia, and it helps with a neutral point of view. What about, say, the Jantar Mantar, Jaipur? Language Boi (talk) 00:57, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
The article says that there are three main branches: the natural sciences, the social sciences and the formal sciences. Where do the literature sciences https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literaturwissenschaft belong to? 2003:C5:8740:4F00:4D80:D5B8:EBF:82AB (talk) 15:50, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
"Anti-science attitudes seem to be often caused by fear of rejection in social groups. For instance, climate change is perceived as a threat by only 22% of Americans on the right side of the political spectrum, but by 85% on the left. That is, if someone on the left would not consider climate change as a threat, this person may face contempt and be rejected in that social group. In fact, people may rather deny a scientifically accepted fact than lose or jeopardize their social status."
it seems like the opposite example would fit better with this sentence? This seems to imply that the 'anti-science attitude' is seeing climate change as a threat. Sock-the-guy (talk) 22:27, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Humans aren’t just social animals; we are ultra-social animals. We are the kind of primate that survives by forming and maintaining groups. Much of our innate psychology is all about grouping up and then nurturing that group—working to curate cohesion. If the group survives, we survive. So a lot of our drives, our motivations, like shame, embarrassment, ostracism, and so on, have more to do with keeping the group strong than keeping any one member, including ourselves, healthy. In other words, we are willing to sacrifice ourselves and others for the group, if it comes to that.
"There are a lot of terms for this in modern psychology, political science, sociology, and so on—I prefer “tribal psychology,” but it’s also called “extreme partisanship,” “cultural cognition,” et cetera. Whatever the label, the latest evidence coming out of social science is clear: humans value being good members of their groups much more than they value being right, so much so that as long as the group satisfies those needs, we will choose to be wrong if it keeps us in good standing with our peers.
As this is an article of such a broad scope, I think it may be better to simply remove "current" stuff (such as the COVID and global warming controversies) and keep the article as timeless as possible. There are plenty of other articles with a more specific focus where those controversies can be explained. I would also remove the table with the opinions on global warming divided by political party: that's just a controversy specific to the US and it is irrelevant elsewhere. Cambalachero (talk) 14:00, 9 April 2024 (UTC)