George Hosu
1 min readJul 4, 2020

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Hello,

I'm writing an article about the failings of our educational system (and culture) to teach the fundamentals of science an the scientific method.

My main thesis is that seemingly intellgent people (including e.g. researchers, doctors and engineers which inadverterdly contribute to the body of scientific knowlede) to not actually understand the scientific method, both in terms of how it's supposed to be applied and the underlying epistemology.

I would love to give this quote:

> But science was never intended to question the reliable answers we already had. Science can and should certainly invite us to question answers, too, but not all answers are subject to doubt.

As an example of this shortcoming.

But may I ask if in hindsight you still stand by this idea or if writing it down was a Freudian slip ?

Also, would you mind if I associate the quote with your name ? Assuming you do not answer or are not ok with this I will not to so, my intention is to use it as an example, not to try and "sabottage" anyone's reputation. As I believe the mistake made here is rather common and don't hold it against you.

However, at least when permission is given, I prefer to associate ideas with a given person as it gives readers more context.

Cheers,

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George Hosu
George Hosu

Written by George Hosu

You can find my more recent thoughts at https://www.epistem.ink | I cross-post some of the articles to medium.

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