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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostScientists get it too!Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostBut also to address global warming...
Why put so much weight either on the 2 - 3% or to others less qualified (like BB's civil engineer dam-builder - forget his name).
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postfor me, it's because as soon as I detect propoganda, or persuasive language techniques, my antennae go up. As soon as I hear scientists saying things that scientists should not be saying my hackles go up. When scientists begin to get political or activist, I start to get worried
Shouldn't evolutionary biologists speak up against school boards that want to include creationism alongside evolution in science lessons? And if they shouldn't, but they do, does that make the science wrong?Comment
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Easterbrook also makes stuff up.
He said the ice core data only goes up to 1855.
This is not true, it goes up to 1987. You can check if you want. Post it when you have proof this isn't the case.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostEverything is political (or almost everything). Why should experts be exempt from political activism? You want to leave politics to the PR men and lawyers? And even if you don't like it, it does not invalidate the research.
Shouldn't evolutionary biologists speak up against school boards that want to include creationism alongside evolution in science lessons? And if they shouldn't, but they do, does that make the science wrong?
I do not bring politics to my job in IT.
There are things that should be kept seperate, there is a time and a place.(\__/)
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostYes you posted the blog . The blogger made stuff up.
He said the ice core data only goes up to 1855.
This is not true, it goes up to 1987. You can check if you want. Post it when you have proof this isn't the case.
Its a free country, after all.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostI think it was last year that the drug tsar resigned and took most of his panel with him because of political intereferance. damned right too. So how much worse is it when the scientists themselves are doing the interfering ?
I do not bring politics to my job in IT.
There are things that should be kept seperate, there is a time and a place.
But that is difficult when we have shadowy "foundations" such as these, deliberately lobbying politicians and muddying the waters.
Global Warming Policy Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Heartland Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If you have met the average academic, they are usually completely unworldly characters - they would not be able to compete on the lobby stage with such as the above.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostWhich is why there is peer review, and also literature reviews and systematic reviews.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostI think it was last year that the drug tsar resigned and took most of his panel with him because of political intereferance. damned right too. So how much worse is it when the scientists themselves are doing the interfering ?
I do not bring politics to my job in IT.
There are things that should be kept seperate, there is a time and a place.
So are you saying that evolutionary biologists should remain silent in the political sphere about school boards that seek to teach creationism alongside evolution in science classes?Comment
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