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Which in some ways is even worse, since one would expect scientists to have a higher standard for veracity than the media and politicians.
by goatlover 5y ago
Which in some ways is even worse, since one would expect scientists to have a higher standard for veracity than the media and politicians.
- encryptluks2 5y agoWhy put someone or something up on a pedestal like that? Academia and scientists have justified almost every horrific thing the US has ever done and yet here we are again like this time is going to be any different.
- spookthesunset 5y ago> Why put someone or something up on a pedestal like that? Since March of 2020 all criticism and skepticism has been shouted down with "are you 'An Expert'"? The entire pandemic has been nothing but a thinly guised appeal to authority. And a very narrow set of authority at that--the only authority we were allowed to listen to are the ones who sold this as the worst thing ever. Hope or optimism or just asking basic questions was never allowed.
- belltaco 5y agoNah, it was a reaction to things like this at the beginning and far worse later on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh4uS4f78o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh4uS4f78o
- logifail 5y ago> one would expect scientists to have a higher standard for veracity than the media and politicians (Full disclosure: have science PhD, wife has science PhD, sister has science PhD): with no snark intended: have you met (m)any scientists?
- orwin 5y agoYes! An i agree with GP: while they sometime talk about some junky theory (the one i spoke with the most is a retired geneticist agronomist - J.Mallard, who try to convince me that drosophila are somehow born either righty or lefty, and that their choices are caused by genetics), they utter the words "Maybe, i don't know, possibly, i do believe so, but don't take my words for it..." more than the average population. Disagree?