
173. Naomi Oreskes — Why Trust Science?
The Michael Shermer Show
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Science is a learning process, and we have to be open to the possibility of what we think to day might turn out to morrow not to be correct. We don't know what they're doing, but we trust that there's some system in place. But it is possible for people to go off the rails collectively. And i don't think we should ever think that the scientific community is immune from the possibility of being in wrong as a group.
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