Scientific correctness applies to investigations, not to the art they study.

Evidence

Despite the context, which is not very worthy of imitation, the statement is not fundamentally wrong – it is just that it does not speak against scientific thinking at all. First of all, of course, one has to realize that there are quite naturally aspects of life where it is not at all a matter of distinguishing between true and untrue from a scientific point of view. Things like love, art, music, or spirituality can be described scientifically, but in a scientific investigation about an art form, at most the investigation can be right or wrong – not the art itself. This includes storytelling, which has accompanied humanity since time immemorial and is a central part of our culture regardless of the truth of individual narratives. Nor, after all, does the value of Shakespeare’s play depend on whether it truthfully tells the life story of an old Danish prince named Hamlet. — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 781

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s existing focus on nonfiction curation and how truth-claims vs. aesthetic value differ across domains. — connects to: Interpretation is an art that draws on science, not a science — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 234

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