# Rejection of science and/or factual information in favor of feelings **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 6, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejection-of-science-and-or-factual-information-in-favor-of-feelings/1015208 "2025-03-06T14:46:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 76
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejection-of-science-and-or-factual-information-in-favor-of-feelings/1015208/76 "2025-03-08T15:23:13Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Plus nutrition science has been one of the most visibly unreliable, with experts frequently changing their minds about what is good and bad for us. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to take their recommendations on dog nutrition with a pinch of salt. Yes, I was going to say this in my previous post – I don’t think the OP picked the best example of the phenomenon that (s)he then goes on to outline. I don’t think people should reject the data of course but there is still room for some degree of doubt or nuance when it comes to a topic like nutrition. * * * In terms of the more general point about science, I’ve thought about it a bit and my opinion has jumped around. I think apart from religion, there is also a valueing of tangible over abstract things to many Americans. I rarely hear people describe say, chemistry as if it is just people making up stuff at will. Chemistry has beakers, and bunsen burners, that’s _real_ science, right? Other fields of science are just equations on a blackboard; they don’t actually _test_ their ideas, do they? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejection-of-science-and-or-factual-information-in-favor-of-feelings/1015208)._