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US conservatives far more skeptical of science than previously thought

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• tomohawk 2y ago
  Being skeptical of "science" authorities is not the same thing as being skeptical of science.
• like_any_other 2y ago
  Still relevant comment from when this was previously posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43692945 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43692945
• watwut 2y ago
  Skeptical is an euphemism here. They are full on rejecting science for ideological reasons. US conservatives are full into magical thinking, conspiracy theories and lies. Being skeptical would be healthy and normal. That is not what is going on with US conservatives.
• tuatoru 2y ago
  Nice to know that the UK Supreme Court has decided that 'woman' and 'sex' refer to biological concepts.
  • bigyabai 2y ago
    'sex' has always referred to a biological concept, there is nothing to dispute there. The disagreements typically only begin when people misappropriate the nominal meaning of 'gender', a sociological concept derived from the Latin generare and etymologically distinct from 'sex'. Because people insist on ignoring simple definitions to wage culture war, we breed an ignorance cemented by perceived animosity. Orwell should have picked up on this; if he wanted people to say 2+2=5 then all he had to do is convince them that 4 is a queer number.