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I didn't know right-wing means rejecting bad science and progressive means accepting it.
by breezybottom 4mo ago
I didn't know right-wing means rejecting bad science and progressive means accepting it.
- margalabargala 4mo agoIt doesn't, so there's something you're correct about! But certainly pro-processed-foods stuff gets pushed by the right, and Soros is on the left, so there's the contradiction.
- breezybottom 4mo agoHuh? You're on the side of RFK Jr and the MAHA nutjobs. This is the kind of "science" they believe in.
- margalabargala 4mo agoSometimes among large groups of people there are varying opinions, you'll see this more as you grow up. The american right wing is one such group.
- breezybottom 4mo agoSo it's not as simple as "questioning bad science makes you a conservative". Glad we agree.
- margalabargala 4mo agoAbsolutely we agree. Being able to recognize and intelligently question bad science does not appear to have much overlap with conservatives, at least in America. The only point I'm making is that it's nonsensical for you to claim to be receiving "Soros bucks" for shilling ultra-processed food as healthy. That's not a stance the Soros foundation takes.
- breezybottom 4mo agoI didn't say ultra processed foods are healthy. I said the entire idea of ultra-processed is vague and incoherent.
- margalabargala 4mo agoIt's true, some people do lack the language skills to understand vague or ambiguous terms, even in context. Ultra-processed is certainly a vague term. "Incoherent" is a trait on the recipient's end rather than a trait of the term though. The solution is to improve our education system so these people can understand ambiguous language. Not only will this resolve arguments around the colloquial use of "ultra-processed" but it will improve society overall by increasing the communication ability of some of its currently less skilled memebers.
- breezybottom 4mo agoNo, the label itself is incoherent. If we had a better education system, we probably wouldn't have quack science like this being accepted.
- margalabargala 4mo agoI'm sure the label seems incoherent to you. It must be frustrating seeing others discuss things that you can't make sense of. The insight I offer, is that for many, a term may be both vague and lack a rigorous scientific definition, while still being meaningful and useful. This is a foundational concept and if you manage to internalize it I suspect that "ultra-processed" will be only one among many things that will begin to appear coherent to you.
- breezybottom 4mo agoI don't care if it's useful to you, you're obviously not a scientist. I am, and such sloppiness would never be accepted in my field.