Science isn’t a cult #2

Hello again, Here another article, science is different of a cult and I’ll explain why.

This is a video that someone sent me (he knows the earth isn't flat) thanks to him https://youtu.be/v8QJ4CLQlRo?si=Dl69iPaJ4jvGlPxI

I know science can be difficult

First of all, science has no real leader, there are many renowned scientists but none of them "lead" science, how could anyone lead something like that. Science is essentially based on critical thinking, finding evidence, proving theories or just thinking in general. It's not a group of people who get together every night to give 2 AM demonstrations, science is a collection of people who seek to theorize about how our world works, to explain it and then to prove and demonstrate their theories.

What's more, you "flat earthers" try to explain how our world works, and even though you have really shaky arguments and don't explain most of the phenomena that occur in the world (even though they're explained in a heliocentric model with the earth as a globe), you try to think that, according to your logic, you're a cult

Cults recruit vulnerable members, whereas in science you're not recruited. There are plenty of jobs that require scientific knowledge, which you learn at school, but you can't be recruited into "science". The simple fact of carrying out experiments and research to prove a theory is already a beginning of the scientific method (even you have to demonstrate your theories and carry out experiments with a rigorous protocol to prove your hypothesis). If you want to be recruited as an aeronautical engineer, for example, you need knowledge backed up by a diploma. If you're not mentally stable, there's a good chance that another, more mentally stable candidate will get the job at your interview. Jobs in the scientific sector don't expect you to be mentally unstable – on the contrary, they prefer people who are sane, competent and possess a strong critical mind.

In the video, we talk about dissociative disorders. "A disturbance of identity", but whatever the connection with science, you don't have a new identity when you're in the scientific field. If you disagree explain to me what your argument is.

What's more, in a cult, there's also a question of selective sharing of information, whereas in science, the information a group is working on is all available, in order to demonstrate a theory or report on an experiment. if you work in science, you need to have a critical mind. Every new scientific theory is verified by other people working in the same field. These people will do their best to dismantle the theory, not to be mean, but to make sure that the theory is true, and if they don't succeed, then everyone will agree that the theory is true. That is, until a new theory comes along that contradicts the old one, at which point the process starts all over again. That's why science is considered reliable: nothing is fixed, it's constantly evolving.

To continue, scientists are constantly making judgments about other people's theories, but in the video you sent me you're not supposed to question the ideas that the cult gives you, it's the opposite of science, which is based on questioning and and don't tell me I'm denying reality and escaping from the video's information, the experts in the videos like Dr. yan (expert in the sect) or Dr. Steven Hassan ARE SCIENTISTS, they are doctor so they passed a doctorate which is THE scientific diploma par excellence.

In the video we could listen that the common things to drop people to cult :

· the want a better themsleves

· they desire a sense of community

But the person of the scientific community does not necessarily desire "a sense of community" or a better themselves. There were a lot scienst who were mocked, in danger or could have lost their job due to their research like I don't know :

· Galileo Galilei because of heliocentrism (I think you already knew him)

· Charles Darwin with his theory of evolution by natural selection was controversial and faced opposition from religious groups and some scientists

· Alfred Wegener who proposed the theory of continental drift, which was initially ridiculed by many geologists. Later his ideas were accepted and formed the basis of modern plate tectonics theory

· Ignaz Semmelweis who advocated for handwashing to prevent the spread of disease in hospitals, but his ideas were rejected by the medical community of his time AND there are many more.

the most important thing for a good scientist is to understand how the world works and how to help mankind.

Some flat-earthers have probably said that you've been brainwashed, either because they really think you have, or because they've done it to make you believe in flat earth. I'm not saying that flat earth is a cult (for some flat earthers it's debatable), compared to other conspiracy theorists, the flat earth community is really soft, some of you just don't know what you're talking about and go from critical thinking to paranoia.