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> Is that a joke? Anti-science propaganda has a purpose in today's political environment. It isn't a joke, and it isn't a troll. It's deadly serious.
by klyrs 3y ago
> Is that a joke?
Anti-science propaganda has a purpose in today's political environment. It isn't a joke, and it isn't a troll. It's deadly serious.
- autoexec 3y agoYou could be right, but there are enough legitimate issues with how science is done today that it seems strange to pick such a plainly absurd take as the propaganda to spread around. Plus it would make the comparison to religion even more bizarre since I imagine the anti-science crowd includes a lot of people who have zero problems with dogmatism and even an unfortunately high tolerance for misbehaving priests.
- klyrs 3y ago> ... make the comparison to religion even more bizarre ... Oh, I disagree. I've met quite a few religious folk who will attempt to convert an atheist's distrust of religion into a distrust of science by drawing parallels between science and religion. After all, there is no internal conflict when a religious person attacks a religion that is not their own.