The Antiscience Movement Is Escalating, Going Global and Killing Thousands
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The Antiscience Movement Is Escalating, Going Global and Killing Thousands
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#2Paid journals are a type of anti-science movement.
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#3Stopped reading at "a key feature of the political right" - the political left has adopted many anti-scientific ideas, too (if you want an example, take gender ideology and critical race theory, or belief that socialism works).
People rightfully reject publications that write nonsense like that. If such a publication calls itself "science something something", or worse, has a longstanding reputation for representing science, it is no wonder if people become wary of science in general. It seems healthy, actually. Maybe it is not science that is in trouble, but fake propaganda science.
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#4It's odd that the author only traces the political aspect back to 2015, when climate change denial has been a political issue since the turn of the millennium: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_policy_of_the...
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#5It's odd that the author only traces the political aspect back to 2015, when climate change denial has been a political issue since the turn of the millennium: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_policy_of_the...
And I'd heard of the anti-vaxx movement in the mid-90's.
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#6From your mouth to God's ears. /grin
This religion, despite Asimov, was not successful because it worked. It was successful because - like all other religions - it made it easier for people to stop thinking for themselves, and accept what they are told is the truth.
[When it works we call it engineering.]
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#7Stopped reading at "a key feature of the political right" - the political left has adopted many anti-scientific ideas, too (if you want an example, take gender ideology and critical race theory, or belief that socialism works). People rightfully reject publications that write nonsense like that. If such a publication calls itself "science something something", or worse, has a longstanding reputation for representing…
Indeed. Only if you ignore anti-vaxxers, healing crystals, “food without chemicals”, essential oils, etc can you say with a straight face anti-science is a problem driven by the right.
It’s hard to take an article seriously when it only points the finger in one direction.
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#9Stopped reading at "a key feature of the political right" - the political left has adopted many anti-scientific ideas, too (if you want an example, take gender ideology and critical race theory, or belief that socialism works). People rightfully reject publications that write nonsense like that. If such a publication calls itself "science something something", or worse, has a longstanding reputation for representing…
SciAm isn't what it used to be. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-unbearable-wh...
Re: The Antiscience Movement Is Escalating, Going Global and Killing Thousands
#10Stopped reading at "a key feature of the political right" - the political left has adopted many anti-scientific ideas, too (if you want an example, take gender ideology and critical race theory, or belief that socialism works). People rightfully reject publications that write nonsense like that. If such a publication calls itself "science something something", or worse, has a longstanding reputation for representing…
I would add to this list a belief in "blank slate-ism" specifically around individual cognitive ability expressed mostly in ineffective education methods.