Science-skeptics misread science as memorized, unquestionable genius dogma

Evidence

People who make such statements usually have a completely distorted understanding of what science actually is. When asked, they will often say that the basis of science is the memorization of textbook knowledge, which must not be questioned under any circumstances and which leads scientists to believe that they already know everything. This textbook knowledge would be created by individual outstanding personalities due to their own genius. — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 744

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Science deniers do not reject science itself, only its inconvenient conclusions — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 269

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