Science Isn't Dogma, You're Just Stupid (Response to Formscapes)

Last month a channel named "Formscapes" released a profoundly idiotic video about how all of science is "dogma" from an "elite priesthood", and we should instead listen to frauds who push demonstrably false pseudoscience because it makes him feel smart and special. He also tried to mock my debunk of Electric Universe for being similarly "dogmatic", though he was totally incapable of explaining how, as he could not engage with a single scientific point I had made in the entire video. Since this anti-science mentality, which regards the entire body of scientific knowledge as corrupt and dogmatic, is so shockingly prevalent, let's take Formscapes to school and explain to him how science actually works, shall we?

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[madamegeorge]

Prof Dave clearly has never read Calvin & Hobbes. Tigers are more than capable of firing guns (using water) at unsuspecting humans. Much more plausible than it seems.

[wut_the_fug]

"Science makes mistakes, so we can't follow it. Believe the bogus that comes out of my mouth instead."

[Teqnifii]

It's funny how here in the real world, instead of being silenced for proving science wrong, you get a nobel prize.

[williambarnes]

"Why would you trust science, which can sometimes be slightly wrong and then fixes itself, when you could instead be abjectly wrong all the time on purpose about everything?"

[LaussseTheCat]

>"For good reasons"
>Gives no reasons at all

How do people fall for this

[gensanitygames]

I think most scientists are happy to send you a paper they wrote for free if you reach out to them asking directly, as well. They want people to read them!

[vadym-beep]

Formscape: "Science is dogma!"
"Nice argument, senator, why don't you back it up with a source?"
Formscape: "My source is that I made it the fuck up!"

[YetiUprising]

31:41 It was Tony the Tiger.
Evidence:
1. Tony technically doesn't have hair.
2. He can wear shoes leaving *seemingly* human footprints.
3. Being a huge cereal mascot, Tony makes lots of money and owns a house. He doesn't need to live in a zoo.
4. He has Human-like hands easily capable of holding and firing a gun.
5. Being an intelligent being, he can easily plant fingerprints and blood.
Checkmate science.

[blackhogarth]

He criticizes scientists, claiming that their findings are published without proper scrutiny. Then, he criticizes scientists for applying proper scrutiny to outrageous claims.

[dustinchase]

Could science denial be a universal problem that ends technological societies and prevents them from advancing enough to colonize the universe?

[Kenny-llyw]

"People don't waste billions on pride" Elon Musk has entered the chat.

[kasplatz]

"Science doesn't offer anyone delusions of being special." Freaking love this line.

[-TheUnkownUser]

“Science is bad because it doesn’t accept my unscientific ideas!”.

[egg]

"People don't waste billions of dollars on pride"

well...

[rhealms]

As a representative of the schizophrenic wizard community, we in no way claim formscapes

[GeroldGarthcia]

Dave:"People don't waste billions of dollars for pride"
Elon Musk: "Hold my beer"

[Gandhi_Physique]

I had to write a 50 page research paper in college, to graduate with honors. I don't think me researching virtual machines and virtual private networks was very religious lol.

[rextanglr]

formscapes sounds like the title of a really bad mobile game

[Nuss-js]

I am a researcher in MINT. Just 3min into the video, but the paywall-access to scientific research is much debated and challenged in the science community as well, up to the point that a lot of open-access initiatives have started in recent years.

[jameshall]

"Scientists are meanies because they don't think my unsupported, patently absurd ideas are as cool as i do". That's pretty much what I get from most of these "science is dogma" people.