These are from a wonderful book called The Art Of Comforting. Check it out and learn how to be better at supporting people going through difficult things.
OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING I NEED THIS SKILL SO MUCH
(not that i would say the stuff on the left. but i’d probably say something useless)
helpful list. word choice makes such a difference.
Public opinion towards science has made headlines over the past several
years for a variety of reasons — mostly negative. High profile cases of
academic dishonesty and disputes over funding have left many questioning
the integrity and societal value of basic science, while accusations of
politically motivated research fly from left and right. There is little
doubt that science is value-laden. Allegiances to theories and
ideologies can skew the kinds of hypotheses tested and the methods used
to test them. These, however, are errors in the application of the
method, not the method itself. In other words, it’s possible that public
opinion towards science more generally might be relatively unaffected
by the misdeeds and biases of individual scientists. In fact, given the
undeniable benefits scientific progress yielded, associations with the
process of scientific inquiry may be quite positive.