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>I'm not suggesting that science is "left" or "right," or that the left is blameless here Science isn't necessarily left but the left is scientific and the rig

• qsort 5y ago
  > the left is scientific Yeah but is it? As someone who considers himself at least culturally left-leaning, I'm definitely seeing a worrying trend of moving away from the conviction that data, numbers, science, logic are valuable and desirable tools to interpret the world. The fact that one of the catchphrases of the alt-right is "facts don't care about your feelings", as idiotic as that is, should really make you stop and think about what kind of worldview is being pushed.
  • cosmojg 5y ago
    > I'm definitely seeing a worrying trend of moving away from the conviction that data, numbers, science, logic are valuable and desirable tools to interpret the world. My favorite example of some of the fallout resulting from this trend: the vilification and abandonment of nuclear energy by so-called environmentalists.
• popcube 5y ago
  I trust it is reversed. left trust some concept and fighting for it, extreme guys never changed.(e.g., don't kill cute animals!!) right build a perfect model for exist world, and fight for keep it. scientists work for find new theory -- it is a new concept, look so good! so scientists will move towards left, when they find theory do not work, they go back to mid. but sometimes they will walk too far to back...