Scientists pursue truth by actively seeking invalidation of their beliefs

Evidence

This type of reasoning is unacceptable because of the difficulty in sustaining a factual proposition merely by negative evidence. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 902 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Scientists actively seek to overthrow their own provisional beliefs; Scientific rationalism shades into the very faith it claims to dismiss; Expert professionals can perpetuate unfounded beliefs through their actions. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 1602 (+5 more)

Related

• Science’s self-correcting attitude is a model for resisting post-truth. (similarity 0.82)
• Science deniers exploit science’s unfalsifiability-of-proof to demand equal standing for pseudoscience. (similarity 0.81)
• Factual propositions cannot be sustained merely by citing negative evidence (similarity 0.81)
• Theoretical doubts about objective truth need not override practical reliance on evidence (similarity 0.81)
• Ideologues pair extreme doubt toward disfavored facts with total credulity toward favored ones (similarity 0.81)
• Confirmation bias persists across scientists, laypeople, and prejudiced judgment. (similarity 0.80)
• Facts must be discovered through observation rather than logical deduction alone. (similarity 0.80)
• Consensus-based truth theories cannot justify specific assertions (similarity 0.80)
• Scientific methods exist precisely to counteract researchers’ inevitable personal biases (similarity 0.80)
• Science-skeptics misread science as memorized, unquestionable genius dogma (similarity 0.79)
• Intellectual work must produce new knowledges rather than recirculate known conclusions (similarity 0.79)
• Truth-telling critical work produces new knowledges rather than circular confirmations of known positions. (similarity 0.79)
• Science deniers do not reject science itself, only its inconvenient conclusions (similarity 0.79)
• People often resist or reverse belief updating rather than tracking evidence (similarity 0.79)
• Theories must make testable predictions to be validated. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Confirmation bias persists across scientists, laypeople, and prejudiced judgment. #corroborates (0.85)
• Factual propositions cannot be sustained merely by citing negative evidence #qualifies (0.80) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 902
• Truth-telling critical work produces new knowledges rather than circular confirmations of known positions. #expands (0.78)
• Scientific rationalism shades into the very faith it claims to dismiss #complicates (0.72)
• Expert professionals can perpetuate unfounded beliefs through their actions. #complicates (0.72) — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 1602