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Posina Venkata Rayudu's avatar

Dear Professor Thorp, if I may, before we can address your question:

Who is a scientist?

we need to answer:

What is science?

Science is ever-proper alignment of reason with experience.

Thanking you,

Yours truly,

posina

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Thomas J. Snodgrass's avatar

A scientist is someone who follows the scientific method. Period.

Unfortunately, we have reached a point in our culture where almost no one knows what the scientific method is, anymore.

Broadening the definition of scientist out so much that it is meaningless is not helpful. This is a signature element of those forces of darkness that are frantic to destroy science; redefine the meaning of words so that no one knows what they are talking about anymore.

If you look at the origins of the word "science", you will find that centuries ago the term was incredibly vague and could apply to almost anything. I think we should not go back to this, even though many might favor it.

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