Science-biased Conversations

Most of the people in my extended social circle have earned master and doctoral degrees. It is a delightful mix that ranges from social scientists to engineers. In addition to proving their ability to sit still and delay gratification, a post-bachelor degree usually requires rigorous scientific steeping. This creates certain implicit guidelines for conversation. Scientists realize the difference between narrative and facts. Disagreements are frequently about definitions. They realize attributing causation is a tricky. Most importantly, scientific training reminds you that you could be wrong. This does not guarantee improved conversational content, but these implicit guidelines are more conductive to the successful exchange of ideas. I wonder what our national discourse would sound like it if was more scientific-biased.