JUNK SCIENCE

People sometimes point, not only to corruption in politics, but also to technocrats' and experts' admittedly often weak, fragmentary, or just secular, arguments, to conclude that no intellectual discipline should be trusted, no improvements in rigor or method should be aspired to; and that no unified social vision is possible;

that therefore anti-intellectual feelings should be given full vent;

that it's ok to follow one's nose;

common sense makes good sense.

Although the situation may be grim, these conclusions do not provide a helpful avenue for improvement.