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> How would the scientists of the future ask for funding if it turns out they themselves directly caused an epidemic? It is a black eye for science, it provides
by caseysoftware 4y ago
> How would the scientists of the future ask for funding if it turns out they themselves directly caused an epidemic? It is a black eye for science, it provides ammunition to the "anti-science" crowd.
The real black eye for science is the refusal to consider a line of inquiry because the answer might be unacceptable.
- kcplate 4y ago> The real black eye for science is the refusal to consider a line of inquiry because the answer might be unacceptable. Yes, but this is what happens when science and politics occupy the same bed, as they did for COVID. Politics is what made certain answers unacceptable.