@james yeah but the argument was about non pointless software development, not science in general.
And a lot of the software development that is not pointless happens in science.
@betalars and I was wanting to talk about scientists doing software development, not scientists in general. I do not know how we can conclude that most scientists are acting good™️, so I am genuinely curious if we can and if so, how. I’ll edit my post as I did not make this clear, thank you.
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@james ah okay.
In that sense: I think some scientists will probably claim moral neutrality and I would disagree with that.
Because while I think the scientific process can be described as morally neutral or positive depending on your world view, the question of what is being researched is a highly moral one.
Besides that there's without a doubt scientists acting in bad faith too ... although I feel like science is less lucrative and less vulnerable compared to other fields.