| ▲ | dekhn 7 days ago | |
The motto of the Royal Society: "The Royal Society's motto 'Nullius in verba' was adopted in its First Charter in 1662. is taken to mean 'take nobody's word for it'. It is an expression of the determination of Fellows to withstand the domination of authority and to verify all statements by an appeal to facts determined by experiment." It's highly consistent with the statement above and in many ways is consistent with science as it is practiced. | ||
| ▲ | davorak 7 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
The motto here does not align with how I read it compared to: > The essence of science is to distrust authority and received wisdom "take nobody's word for it" -> anyone can say anything, that is just a claim, things other than that matter like data, replication, etc. That is different and superior than a simple, broad, statement to 'distrust'. | ||
| ▲ | itishappy 7 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
... source? (sorry, couldn't resist) | ||