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People have this idea of scientists in general and NASA in particular as being purely objective and data-driven and let the science speak for itself, but articl
by gaius 10y ago
People have this idea of scientists in general and NASA in particular as being purely objective and data-driven and let the science speak for itself, but articles like this illustrate that they are at least as political and irrational as any commercial entity.
- gkya 10y agoPolitics is a human thing, it is an artifact of interaction of persons and peoples. And irrationalness is as human as a fart, you know it's rude and it's wrong, but sometimes it happens. The fact is, we're hard-wired to be politic, irrational and superstitious.
- B1FF_PSUVM 10y ago> sometimes mostly always