Science serves as the primary tool for identifying objective truths by systematically stripping away subjective bias and self-deception.

“But there are objective truths. It is the business of science to find them and science has tools for stripping off subjective bias, for stripping off self-deception.”

Attributing a special status of absolute truth to science is problematic because that claim is itself a philosophical viewpoint.

“there are some philosophers and scientists who continue to say things like this but that's wildly problematic because that itself is a philosophical view like how would you know as one single person even um that that this is a special kind of truth”

Objective truth exists independently of human perception and social constructs, and science is the method by which we strive to map and understand it.

“it's that what that separate from us that we're striving for that exists independent of any social construct. It's it's what we would say science mathematics is trying to understand simple as that.”

While achieving total objectivity is difficult, one can approach truth by identifying the commonalities between opposing viewpoints.

“So if you can look at both sides again, vary your information diet, you can see what's common between the sides, and that's usually close to the truth because the truth is a really high standard.”