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Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

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Re: Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

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gopher_space wrote: post #65
pstuart wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pointing out legitimate failure of an administration is not partisan -- denying or deflecting that criticism is partisan. The current regime has slashed so many programs based on the flimsiest reasoning (including "my predecessor supported this so therefore I hate it"). I'm more than happy to acknowledge any failures by Dem leadership because I'm not a party member and even if I were I would not let that blind me to…

An interesting aspect of speaking with republican family members is that they assume democrats are monolithic and will revert to that assumption once enough time has passed. Like, unable to process being told that nobody in the room watches CNN or likes the Clintons.

I think conservative's brains are wired differently, and there's studies that back that up. They tend to lack empathy, which implies they can't walk in other people's shoes so therefor their assumptions about others are based upon how they themselves think.

I don't write that to demean them, I'd like it if it wasn't so -- this comment is in no way intended to be deragotory.

That said, I think this substantiates the notion that with conservatives "every accusation is a confession", because they can only see the world through their eyes they assume everybody else thinks like them.

Re: Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

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timr wrote: post #79
teachrdan wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It confirms your political priors while ironically making you feel smug about your scientific knowledge. You are making the same error. Other Republicans (if not Trump) indeed criticized government-funded research into the screwworm lifecycle. Denying that the party of the president has been opposed to both science and regulation on principle -- including with this particular crisis -- makes you look naive at best,…

I'm not arguing that one political team is innocent. When it comes to correctly managing complex scientific problems, all politicians are reliably incompetent .

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Re: Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

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Post by Terretta »

timr wrote: post #79
teachrdan wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It confirms your political priors while ironically making you feel smug about your scientific knowledge. You are making the same error. Other Republicans (if not Trump) indeed criticized government-funded research into the screwworm lifecycle. Denying that the party of the president has been opposed to both science and regulation on principle -- including with this particular crisis -- makes you look naive at best,…

I'm not arguing that one political team is innocent. When it comes to correctly managing complex scientific problems, all politicians are reliably incompetent .

> but seeing so many people here bend over backwards to blame this on their political enemies, without even a hint of intellectual curiosity…

That sentence might have been stronger if you'd written:

“but seeing so many people here bend over backwards to blame this on my political enemies, without even a hint of intellectual curiosity…”

Re: Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

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Post by LarsDu88 »

fl4regun wrote: post #68
LarsDu88 wrote: post #49

When I was doing my PhD in bio one of my colleagues developed something called CRISPR gene drive, which had the potential of exterminating species wholesale. There was talk of using it to wipe out mosquito populations. The riskiness of it was quite high though. Wonder if people will consider reviving it in this case.

what is the risk here?

Unintended consequences of wiping out a species, evolved resistance to the gene drive modifications, accelerated unintended mutation, cross species jumps of the transgene.

Re: Oh good, screwworms are back (2025)

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Post by gopher_space »

pstuart wrote: post #81
gopher_space wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An interesting aspect of speaking with republican family members is that they assume democrats are monolithic and will revert to that assumption once enough time has passed. Like, unable to process being told that nobody in the room watches CNN or likes the Clintons.

I think conservative's brains are wired differently, and there's studies that back that up. They tend to lack empathy, which implies they can't walk in other people's shoes so therefor their assumptions about others are based upon how they themselves think . I don't write that to demean them, I'd like it if it wasn't so -- this comment is in no way intended to be deragotory. That said, I think this substantiates the…

I'm of the mind that Rupert Murdoch just found the right way to shout at people who grew up in a certain environment.
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