![]() ![]() ![]() This is why Oreskes and Conway say that Seitz reduced science to politics: with the science so muddled, it became easier for the public and policymakers to just choose the conclusion that fit with their political views. Based on Sagans own studies as an astrophysicist and philosopher, Contact provides a possible glimpse of the worlds reaction to extraterrestrial life. Since both sides were accusing the other of the same thing, it became extremely difficult for the public to decide who was telling the truth. Finally, Seitz accused legitimate scientists of exactly what he was doing: lying to promote a political agenda. For instance, if someone uses terrible reasoning to argue that the earth is round, disproving their reasoning doesn’t mean that the earth flat-instead, it just means that they have found the wrong explanation for the right conclusion. Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a brilliant book that encourages readers to use critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and healthy skepticism to. Similarly, he exploited people’s misunderstanding about how scientific proof works: discrediting the TTAPS researchers’ method wouldn’t mean that their conclusion must be false, but only that they failed to prove it. Four years later, she is contacted by alien forms from Vega that send a coded message. By claiming that the TTAPS research was illegitimate because it was based on simplification, he preyed on the public’s ignorance about how science is done- all science depends on simplified models. An anonymous millionaire provides the necessary funds and Ellie proceeds with her work. ![]() Russell Seitz also followed the tobacco industry playbook. ![]()
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