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Well, you see laws of physics and periodic table doesn't swap out every time there's a change in administration. Neither are field effect transistors swapped ou
by Johanx64 2y ago
Well, you see laws of physics and periodic table doesn't swap out every time there's a change in administration. Neither are field effect transistors swapped out for vacuum-tubes with a different ruling party.
That makes a pretty good first order approximation of what is and isn't scientific, and worth spending taxpayer dollar on.
Science isn't prescriptive (doesn't tell you what to do), it's descriptive. Prescriptions are policy and have nothing to do with science.
- dylan604 2y agoThere you go trying to apply logic to where it is not welcomed. The people that try to squash science and promote whatever notions they prefer do not care about descriptive vs prescriptive. They will push their agenda regardless of facts. It just happens the periodic table doesn't threaten their agenda. These are the same types that threaten to jail those that disagree with them.
- Johanx64 2y agoWell, they do deal mostly with prescriptive policy things given the global context. Namely, do the "green" policies make sense given that: 1. China will only increase it's total energy and resource consumption 2. And so will India and rest of the developing nations (unless you want them to be relegated to being perpetual backwater shitholes?) All these will result in ever increasing CO2 output and pollution as these and other countries develop and transition. Many "green" products - solar panels, inverters, etc are made in China. And they are gearing up to be a very strong competitor in electric vehicles too. Which will futher increase the trade deficit and directly subsidize the competitors. Most sensible discussions - as far as I can tell - deal with these realpolitik considerations first and foremost.