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Can anyone actually think of an actual discovery that harmed people? I'm missing some actual examples of what they're trying to protect people from.
by drorco 4y ago
Can anyone actually think of an actual discovery that harmed people?
I'm missing some actual examples of what they're trying to protect people from.
- nathanaldensr 4y agoEven if there are examples, they will be political examples and not scientific ones. Of course, they'd conveniently conflate the two to mislead the less observant among us.
- reb 4y agoYour observational powers have somehow missed the reality that politicians customarily lean on science-derived "science" to lend credibility to their actions. The public, broadly, cannot tell the difference between science and "science." Any scientist who doesn't perform their work with this in mind is a politician's pawn, whether they want to be or not.
- type0 4y agoInvention of atomic bombs?! Who knows what they are actually talking about, when you throw you nest wide you can always pick and choose later, that's the aim here.
- hoppyhoppy2 4y agoe.g. the eugenics movement, which led to forced sterilizations of people who many scientists of the time considered "unfit to reproduce." https://www.history.com/topics/germany/eugenics#section_3 https://www.history.com/topics/germany/eugenics#section_3
- llanowarelves 4y agoMetrics like IQ also help establish merit instead of nepotism, and identify what level a person is capable of learning at. A group metric for your country becoming more successful and capable of maintaining what we call "democracy" -- 95 IQ and below can't really.
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- refurb 4y agoEugenics was never "discovered". It was a theory latched onto by politicians to deadly ends.
- staticman2 4y agoJournal articles aren't necessarily about discoveries, the results of the study may contribute nothing other than "noise" that will be creatively interpreted by a community.