LW cannot resist pointing out that the Sequences present “many-worlds (a mainstream, but by no means universally accepted interpretation of quantum mechanics) as if it was proven fact”. Like, the authorities don’t even oppose this, they merely don’t universally accept it, and RationalWiki already needs to warn the reader about the heresy
You say that like it’s a bad thing.
Knowing how sure science is about it’s claims is an important part of science. A member of the reading public who believes that the interpretation of quantum mechanics is a complex subject that even the experts don’t understand has a better understanding than someone who thinks MWI is 99.999% certain.… even if MWI is correct.
....warn the reader about the heresy
Science says there are a number of possible answers, lesswrong was there is one...who is being more religious?
Suppose you have three hundred scientists, and three competing interpretations. Hundred scientists believe S1, hundred scientists believe S2, and hundred scientists believe S3. LW believes S1.
I guess my point is that I wouldn’t consider it necessary to add a disclaimer to the three hundred scientists. Therefore I don’t consider it necessary to add such disclaimer to LW.
But of course, adding disclaimers to everyone is also a consistent opinion.
To me it seems like a funny misson creep, in context of RationalWiki: start with calling out pseudoscience, end with calling out people who agree with some-but-not-all mainstream scientists.
If you have a hundred scientists scattered through the world who believe S1 , and have nothing else in common, that’s one thing. If they all live together, know each other and go to the same church, then there is reason to believe their acceptance of S1 is groupthink, and not pure scientific objectivity.
You say that like it’s a bad thing.
Knowing how sure science is about it’s claims is an important part of science. A member of the reading public who believes that the interpretation of quantum mechanics is a complex subject that even the experts don’t understand has a better understanding than someone who thinks MWI is 99.999% certain.… even if MWI is correct.
Science says there are a number of possible answers, lesswrong was there is one...who is being more religious?
Suppose you have three hundred scientists, and three competing interpretations. Hundred scientists believe S1, hundred scientists believe S2, and hundred scientists believe S3. LW believes S1.
I guess my point is that I wouldn’t consider it necessary to add a disclaimer to the three hundred scientists. Therefore I don’t consider it necessary to add such disclaimer to LW.
But of course, adding disclaimers to everyone is also a consistent opinion.
To me it seems like a funny misson creep, in context of RationalWiki: start with calling out pseudoscience, end with calling out people who agree with some-but-not-all mainstream scientists.
If you have a hundred scientists scattered through the world who believe S1 , and have nothing else in common, that’s one thing. If they all live together, know each other and go to the same church, then there is reason to believe their acceptance of S1 is groupthink, and not pure scientific objectivity.