No True Scotsman?
That could be true if the image is merely descriptive of our messy reality.
I see the image as including a prescriptive message that states an ethical ideal: a real scientist should welcome their findings challenged, even refuted, because the goal is truth.
Science excels by dispelling falsehoods.
That seems right.
(It could use some alt text, though.)
I feel like there’s a term for that sort of thinking…
No True Scotsman? That could be true if the image is merely descriptive of our messy reality.
I see the image as including a prescriptive message that states an ethical ideal: a real scientist should welcome their findings challenged, even refuted, because the goal is truth. Science excels by dispelling falsehoods. That seems right. (It could use some alt text, though.)
in b4 “if by whiskey” 😄