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etherealtruth

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7. i have posted links to this article multiple times (it is from 2012)
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 06:31 PM
Aug 2014
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antiscience-beliefs-jeopardize-us-democracy/?page=2

Today's denial of inconvenient science comes from partisans on both ends of the political spectrum. Science denialism among Democrats tends to be motivated by unsupported suspicions of hidden dangers to health and the environment. Common examples include the belief that cell phones cause brain cancer (high school physics shows why this is impossible) or that vaccines cause autism (science has shown no link whatsoever). Republican science denialism tends to be motivated by antiregulatory fervor and fundamentalist concerns over control of the reproductive cycle. Examples are the conviction that global warming is a hoax (billions of measurements show it is a fact) or that we should “teach the controversy” to schoolchildren over whether life on the planet was shaped by evolution over millions of years or an intelligent designer over thousands of years (scientists agree evolution is real). Of these two forms of science denialism, the Republican version is more dangerous because the party has taken to attacking the validity of science itself as a basis for public policy when science disagrees with its ideology.


It remains a good read
True dat. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #1
Huge K&R...nt SidDithers Aug 2014 #2
broad brush KT2000 Aug 2014 #3
Which group of people are you describing in your first paragraph? Avalux Aug 2014 #4
Inability to separate science and ethics/economics is a huge problem on the left. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #5
For most it is just about assurances. Notafraidtoo Aug 2014 #8
when you're right, you're right wyldwolf Aug 2014 #6
i have posted links to this article multiple times (it is from 2012) etherealtruth Aug 2014 #7
Yeah. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #9
Food science is also bad because of "chemicals". (nt) jeff47 Aug 2014 #10
You can find plenty of rot and bullshit in science, no problem. hunter Aug 2014 #11
So true. So sad. And so pathetic. nt conservaphobe Aug 2014 #12
So, do I hate food science... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #13
Make a choice about whether or not the science is valid, just as the science is valid for ChisolmTrailDem Aug 2014 #14
Sorry, I meant to have the choice... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #15
I don't think you do. But people who lie and distort as a fear tactic..absolutely! FrodosPet Aug 2014 #21
So you agree with the Koch brothers? BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #23
Glad to hear it. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #27
And for others there aren't. SomethingFishy Aug 2014 #16
It is frustrating seeing certain people who call themselves Progressive... FrodosPet Aug 2014 #18
Straw? Man. BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #17
Some people here seem to think that "science" means "strawmen". Deepak Chopra also claims to be just Chathamization Aug 2014 #19
Bullshit. LWolf Aug 2014 #20
This. redqueen Aug 2014 #22
The U.S. Bans GMOs, Bee-Killing Pesticides in All Wildlife Refuges Zorra Aug 2014 #24
I don't get this post ClarkeVII Aug 2014 #25
Seems to be in the Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #28
Are you confusing science with technology and business practices? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #26
Are we not confusing science with corporations here? sadoldgirl Aug 2014 #29
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