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Trumps6no6populist6
Reading "The Caves of Steel" right now. Such an insightful author.
TheMightyMoto
yep
antifolkhero
Assimov?
DystopianReality
Just as true today as it was in January of 1980 when he wrote it. About "America's right to know." During the Carter administration.
WalrusMuscles
Some things advance so quickly, yet others are repeated over and over again. Quite unfortunate.
WilwoWaggins
And one strain of that currently believes that if a conclusion is labeled "science" then it is irreproachable.
SexPenguinWhoreNunToTheArchdoiceseAndOligarchy
Wow. No.
Clockworkdancerobot
That isn't even close to accurate. Scientific bodies scrutinize science all the time. You can look it over yourself with enough study.
WilwoWaggins
I'm not talking about scientists but about a segment of the general population.
WalrusMuscles
I agree, but I think he means stupid people who just go along with it.
WalrusMuscles
Or cite it to make an argument without understanding what they are talking about.
WilwoWaggins
Like the people who buy "Smart Food" because it has the word "smart" on the label.
WilwoWaggins
And any "scientific study" that the nightly news reports must be conclusive. This month's diet is cottage cheese and grapefruit.
WalrusMuscles
You misunderstand, it is always reprochable, but with empirical evidence, not "I don't like that so it isn't true."
WilwoWaggins
You misunderstand. Yes it is reproachable but there are many who think not.
SexPenguinWhoreNunToTheArchdoiceseAndOligarchy
Two wrongs don't make a right
Felextheminimal
Nope they just cause recession
WilwoWaggins
For them the title "Scientist" is akin to being the High Priest and it is blasphemy to contradict.
WalrusMuscles
Yep, in my schooling we're taught to be especially critical of published papers to avoid just that.
AtrumMessor
It's true. You'd be surprised how many points of rabid dogma there are in the scientific community.
WilwoWaggins
It has always been so.
WalrusMuscles
And none of them are scientists, considering that is the foundation of science. Rebs and Dems both have their share of idiots I will admit.
WilwoWaggins
I agree. And those in the media who disseminate information from the political world about subjects regarding science wield great influence
SexPenguinWhoreNunToTheArchdoiceseAndOligarchy
Like denying climate change and the negative effects of pollution via Breitbart and Fox News?